A spacious but yet cosy Barn, which is generally well maintained and clean, although requiring a bit of TLC in certain areas now, such as blown double glazing on the large windows in the main lounge and a bit of redecoration required in certain parts. That said we had a lovely time here and it is generally well appointed and well equipped.
We were a party of 3 couples with a one year old infant, who had plenty of room to run around and enjoy the large garden area outside. There are steps within the internal entrance and of course to upstairs, so infants may require keeping an eye on.
There is only one bedroom with an en-suite, with the other two bedrooms either sharing the remaining shower, sink and WC (all 3 of which are separate on the first floor) or using the sink and WC off the study on the ground floor. This may have become a little tiresome if we had stayed longer, but for a long weekend was ok.
The bedrooms were all large enough and the main bedroom with en-suite could easily accommodate a travel cot (not provided) also.
Kitchen table seated 8 or 7 and a high chair (again not provided) and the kitchen was well equipped.
There is a problem with flies however, which the property manager informed us about prior to our arrival. It seems to happen at this time of year and you can expect to be dealing with about 50 - 100 flies each morning and again late afternoon, so take plenty of fly spray. The flies are concentrated on the first floor of the barn, in the two bedrooms at one end and also in the WC, sink and shower areas in between those two bedrooms. There are two sets of dustpans and brushes and a vacuum. It will take about 15 mins on each occasion to kill and clean up these flies. Excepting that inconvenience, it is a lovely quiet location in this pretty Cotswold village.
The village pub (The Fox Inn) is welcoming and serves decent food and is only c.100 yds. walk. It might be a good idea to book to dine though, as it was popular from early evening when we visited. We didn't hear any noise from the pub at night or from anyone coming/going.
When leaving, we inadvertently left a few items behind and Stewart the property manager very kindly retrieved these for us and sent them on to us promptly. Thank you Stewart.
All in all, if you are going at most times of the year when there are no flies, I would highly recommend this barn and location. The flies were a downside but we built the clean up of them into our routine, such that they were a minor inconvenience only.