Families, Friends, Reunions, Pampering Weekends, Course Venue, Walkers, Cyclists, Bikers, Golfers.
Somewhere for everyone.
This page was last updated on 16th May.
Rolling Devon countryside surrounds this comfortable and spacious 5 bedroom house; Barry and Barbara from Torridge House, Little Torrington, Devon, would like to welcome you to
Tel 01 805 622542 e-mail holidays@southwoodcottage.co.uk
SOUTHWOOD
A holiday home off the beaten track in beautiful North Devon countryside:
VisitBritainThree
Star Quality Accommodation
Five
bedrooms, four bath/shower rooms, two sitting rooms and a large dining room.
Sleeps 11 + 2 cots
Southwood is surrounded by fields and rolling open countryside. It is on a Devon
lane (tiny road), with only two other cottages and these are on the other
side of the road. Southwood is in a very private, yet open setting.
Families, Friends,
Reunions, Pampering Weekends, Course Venue, Walkers, Cyclists,
Bikers, Golfers.
Somewhere for everyone.
This page was last updated
on 16th May.
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"A super house" "What a find!"
My friend found
Southwood on the
Internet......
"Hey! look at this web page, it just gets better and better - I don't
believe it. Its too good to be true."
"But it is true and has all been wonderful."
Southwood enjoys a very rural situation at Five Lane End, just outside the small village of Little Torrington, yet it is only two miles from the historic town of Great Torrington, with its many pubs, pannier market, shops, Civil War Sealed Knot events and 1646 Experience, Dartington Crystal and Rosemoor RHS Gardens.
The magnificent beaches of Westward Ho! and Instow are a short twenty minute drive from Southwood, The Tarka Trail Countryside foot and cycle path is accessible half a mile from Southwood.
There are in the area a very great many excellent attractions to suit all tastes and ages.
more pictures from the garden
Southwood is a very pleasing, attractive and spacious house with a half-acre garden and a lovely countryside setting. For over 30 years it has been a happy holiday home for very many families and groups of friends . It is truly child friendly and at the same time also very well suited to older families and groups of friends meeting up together.
Pets by arrangement with owners happy to manage the farmland environment.
Southwood is great for families, for groups of all ages, and for those looking for a quiet relaxing retreat."We had such a marvellous time in Southwood and couldn’t fault it at all ........................"
The upstairs sitting room faces south and has wonderful views over the nearby wooded valleys and on over Dartmoor.
There is lots of room and privacy in both the house and the gardens.
more of the gardens . . . . . . . . . .
................... and winter scenes
- some through the window views
Lots of places to explore, by foot, bike or car - or a wonderful place just to sit and relax or meditate in the country air, with lovely views over beautiful wooded valleys and the rolling Devon countryside.
Southwood has a large dining room, the table seats up to 12 people. The room is completed with a wood burning stove and a sitting area for those who prefer to take their coffee close to the table.
The downstairs sitting room:- has television, video and dvd with a wide selection of tapes and discs. It leads onto the large conservatory dining/sitting room which enjoys a south facing aspect overlooking garden and countryside. Leading off from the conservatory is a sauna room with a good size sauna cabin, shower and wc.
There are three double bedrooms all with pocket sprung mattresses, two 5's and a 4'6", two bedrooms are on the ground floor with en-suite facilities (one with bath and shower room & the other with a shower room, both showers are electric), the third double bedroom and a twin bedroom are upstairs.
All other facilities are on the ground floor including the fifth bedroom with a single bed and bunk beds, the kitchen and a further bathroom and separate wc, as well as the shower and wc in the sauna room.
The newly installed kitchen has lots of storage space both in the utility and in the kitchen/breakfast room itself. The cooker is a100cm range with a 5 ring hob and warming plate, 2 ovens and a grill. The tall fridge/freezer is complemented with an under the work surface larder fridge. There is a full size dishwasher, a microwave oven and a good range of kitchen ware and tableware. In the utility room is the washing machine and tumble drier.
The inside of the sauna cabin and the sauna lobby, shower to the right, loo straight ahead.
Southwood is a fine old stone building, warm and comfortable - a welcoming house.
The large garden is
secluded - it's surrounded by farmland on 3 sides and Devon banks and the house
on the fourth side, with garden
furniture, a barbecue, a small play house.
Southwood is, the wood burner apart, all electric, with
electricity and logs included. Heating is by night storage heaters, with
electric fan heaters in the bathrooms.
A ten minute
walk from Southwood is
Torridge House with the
swimming pool, animals to visit and
facilities freely available for your use.
Summary: 5 bedrooms, 4 bath/shower rooms, downstairs sitting room, dining room
with sitting area, upstairs picture window sitting room, large kitchen/breakfast
room, utility room, sauna, large garden, 2 televisions, video, full kitchen
equip inc. dishwasher, 1000 range cooker, microwave, fridge-freezer, toaster etc., auto
washing machine, tumble drier, cots, highchairs, baby gates, telephone (in & local out). Plenty of private parking. Towels
provided. Shared use of facilities at Torridge House including out door heated
swimming pool. Electricity, logs, bed linen, dvd, video and video
library included. The beds are made
up ready for your arrival. Boot, bike and cycle storage. Pets by arrangement
with owners happy to manage the farmland environment. Southwood is No Smoking accommodation.
Southwood is a lovely house in a lovely setting. A great holiday
setting. Smaller groups can book Southwood outside of school holidays as a 3
or 4 bedroom house, rather than all 5 bedrooms. This will gives flexibility for booking -
bedrooms can be added if you wish to add numbers to your party.
"It's just what I've always wanted - to stay in a house in the country. We have had a wonderful time"
All the sitting rooms plus the dining room mean that living space is more than well balanced with the 5 large bedrooms and all the bath/shower rooms.
Local Attractions
The
Gnome Reserve
The
Big Sheep,
Dartington Crystal,
Rosemoor RHS Gardens
and other gardens,
1646
Civil War Experience,
(Torrington is where a lot of fiming of "Down To Earth"
with Pauline Quirk took place),
Brannans Pottery,
Milky
Way,
Eden Project*,
Lost Gardens of Heligan*,
Morwellham Quay*,
Hartland Abbey,
Watermouth Castle,
Exmoor Zoo,
Atlantic (Factory outlet) Village
National Trust *
Good Pubs * Good Food * Good Beaches * Good Walks * Good Riding * Good Cycling *
Paintball & other Entertainments and
many...many...more (* star marked attractions are 1 and halfish
hours away). More links can be found on Things
to do in North Devon, www.lotstodo.co.uk
or www.westcountrynow.com.
Prices include electricity,
night storage heaters, sauna, logs, dvd, video, beds made up and cottage towels.
Please
let me know if there is any more information you would like. Barbara
Below
is Southwood
in the winter. Behind me as I take the photo, are fields and there are fields to
either side as well. On the other side of the road are just two cottages.
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