Orchard Cottage

Orchard Cottage is beautiful grade II listed house on the private drive to Dillington House. Inside it has been recently renovated to a high standard, with an open plan kitchen / dining room that is well equipped for those who enjoy cooking. Guests have use of an outdoor wood-fired hot tub, a spacious living room with a wood-burning stove, large flatscreen TV and comfy sofas, and a separate library / study area off the dining area. The space BEDROOMS There are three main bedrooms and one loft room, all with deep mattresses, 400 thread count cotton bedding, indulgent mattress toppers and indulgent fluffy bathrobes. The ground floor bedroom has a superking-sized bed that can be separated into two singles and its own wet-room shower room. This room is a lovely room for anyone, but is especially well suited to those less able to navigate stairs, although there are two internal stairs on the ground floor so access is not entirely step-free. In the two main bedrooms upstairs, the first has a superking-sized double turned leg four-poster, and a bathroom with a beautiful freestanding nickel bath (as well as walk-in shower), the second can be arranged as superking-sized double or with twin singles and has a walk-in shower only. The fourth bedroom is a twin and is accessed only through the four-poster bedroom mentioned above, with which it also shares a bathroom, and so together these two rooms are ideally suited to a family with children. LIVING AREAS The kitchen / dining room is well equipped with an induction hob, oven, and there is a large fridge freezer with ice-machine in the nearby utility / larder. The dining table can seat 10 comfortably. The house also has a washer-dryer for any laundry that can’t wait until you get home. The sitting room has a wood-burning stove set into a large stone fireplace and is equipped with a 55” flatscreen internet-connected TV with Bluetooth soundbar and a Bluetooth DAB radio sound system. There is also a little library / study area for reading – or anyone who really must work! And there is a good-sized lawn with a wood-fired hot-tub, a charcoal bbq and a teak outdoor table with chairs in a sheltered sunken patio area directly outside the kitchen. Guest access ACCESS The Dillington Estate is very easily accessed by car just off the A303, and the cottage has private car parking space for two cars. The train stations of Crewkerne (15 min drive), Castle Cary and Taunton (30 mins each) are all nearby.. Keys can be left at the house, so you can check-in at your convenience and the staff at the Dillington Estate are available to help with anything unexpected.