A perfect rural family escape!

Entire home in Highclere, United Kingdom

12 guests
7 bedrooms
9 beds
3.5 bathrooms

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.3 reviews

Hosted by Camilla

9 years hosting

Listing highlights

50-min drive to New Forest National Park

This home is near the national park.

Peace and quiet

This home is in a quiet area.

At-home coffee

Start your morning right with the espresso machine.

Bring the whole family to this great place with lots of room for fun and spending time together! The house is set in beautiful countryside with fabulous walks and cosy pubs on our doorstep. Its brilliantly situated 5 miles outside of Newbury and not far from Winchester, Hungerford or Marlborough. It has been our family home for the past 11 years and we love it! The house is about 300 years old, packed full of character and the usual quirks that come with an old house!

The space
I have labeled each room on the photos and sometimes taken 2 shots per room to try to give a better feel of the room. If you would like any further please do drop me a message.

Upstairs

The house was originally 2 cottages but was amalgamated as one house a long time ago. As a result upstairs has two separate sides to it.
There is a staircase at each end of the house. The kitchen staircase leads up to our family side where you will find a master bedroom with kingside bed, two single children's bedrooms, and a family bathroom (bath and separate shower). At the other end of the house there is a staircase that leads up to a large guest bathroom with roll top bath (no shower), a good sized guest bedroom with kingsize bed and a separate small twin bedroom.

Downstairs in the main house

Kitchen
The kitchen is a brilliant entertaining space. It has an electric oven and induction hob as well as a traditional oil fired 5 door Aga. A great 'bean to cup' coffee machine stands ready to use as well as a utility area that houses the two dishwashers, fridge, microwave and bread machine. The kitchen table can be extended to seat 12 with plenty of room around it.

Piano Room
A room next door to the kitchen which has a woodburner, a pair of armchairs chairs and piano which guests are welcome to use!

Sitting Room
A formal room with 2 sofas , an armchair and an open fire.

Snug
A really cosy room with a large curved TV and woodburner

Playroom
Stuffed full of children's toys! Our children are 9 and 5 to give you an idea of the toys available. It also has a TV with DVD player.

This is a family home and as such some of the cupboards and wardrobes will be in use. We will of course make sure that there are spaces for you to store clothes etc.

Laundry Room
Our laundry room is separate to the main house (second green door in the annex!) it has a large drum washing machine and tumble dryer as well as a stand alone clothes horse and electric heater.

Annex
In addition to the main house we have a separate large self contained ground and first floor annex with an open plan kitchen/sitting room. Stairs lead up to a king sized bedroom (labelled as bedroom 6), a snug twin room (bedroom 7) and bathroom with shower. There is also a small patio and garden that are for the annex's sole use.

Fire Wood
Each fireplace will have a log basket full next to it. if you would like additional wood it can be found in the courtyard wood store. All we ask for is a donation into the honesty box in the kitchen for each extra basket filled.

Outside area
There is also a large covered area with a table and chairs for your use if you wish it. The area is also fitted with heating.

The garden is a great size and entirely enclosed. You can directly access the wood that sits behind the property for wonderful walks.

A house manual will be provided as well as a local amenities guide.