1 Horseshoe Cottage is a typical Cotswold stone cottage overlooking Lower Swell’s quintessentially English village green and War Memorial. As you step through the front door of the cottage, you’ll immediately feel the care and high specifications that the owner has used to modernize the cottage. Everything from the royal blue velvet sofa to the lighting and crisp bed linens exudes good taste, comfort, and style.
The cottage has a delightful English cottage garden, with a lawn and Bramley apple trees (guests are welcome to use the apples), a seating area, and a brick barbecue with a grill.
Ground Floor
Entrance Hall:
Step through the outside door into the porch/hallway where you will find the key box and room to leave muddy boots and shoes.
Living Room:
The cottage has a delightful and cosy Living Room with a wood burner, a three-seater royal blue sink-in sofa, armchair, and a large beanbag. Guests have use of a Smart TV with an Amazon Firestick.There are two steps into the kitchen.
Kitchen-Dining Room:
To the right is a fully equipped kitchen (see Facilities) with an induction hob, oven, dishwasher, pretty Quaker-style units, and plenty of wooden work surfaces for preparing and cooking meals. To the left is the Dining Area overlooking the village green, with a rectangular table and seating for five.
Utility-Cloakroom-Laundry Room:
Just off the Living Room, at the bottom of the staircase, is a handy Utility Room/Cloakroom with toilet and handbasin, washing machine, dryer, ironing board/iron, long work surface (good for storing luggage), and storage area, where the owner keeps the travel cot, highchair and stairgate.
First Floor
A moderately steep staircase, with a handrail, leads up to three bedrooms, all with sisal carpeting, and the family bathroom.
Bedroom One:
The master bedroom looks out over the garden and local fields, a view guests can enjoy from the dear little window seat. The white walls and natural sisal carpeting are complemented with a king-size bed with a soft grey fabric headboard, two bedside tables, unusual spotlight reading lamps, a hanging rail, storage baskets and a full-length mirror.
Bedroom Two:
The cottage’s second double bedroom has a soothing grey/white/yellow pallet and is furnished with a double bed, a bedside table with a globe reading lamp, a double wardrobe, and a full-length mirror.
Bedroom Three:
Looking out over the village green, this bedroom has a single bed, partly under the eaves, and is ideal for younger guests or smaller adults. The bedroom has a chair for clothes and a pretty Art Deco-style bedside light.
Family Bathroom:
The bathroom has a full bath with an over-bath shower, a washbasin, a vanity unit with a mirror, a dual-flush toilet, and a heated towel rail.
Outside
Immediately outside the front door is a small garden patio. Directly opposite is a wooden garden gate, which leads through to a very pretty garden with a seating area, lawn and mature trees, including Bramley apples, and a brick barbecue and grill.