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Highlights

Cheap-chic Cotswold townhouse
Four bedrooms, can sleep up to 10
16th-century heritage, valuable modern art
Small courtyard with barbecue
Restaurants, galleries and shops on your doorstep
Riding, golf, ballooning, watersports, shooting can be arranged
Bath 35 minutes away, Cheltenham nearby

Guestbook

'Fab house, fab location... Wonderful place for my weekend!'

Smith tip

Do you have a hobby that suits sitting in a quiet corner? If so, this is the perfect place to take your knitting/sudoko puzzlebook/voodoo doll* (*delete as applicable) as there are loads of armchairs in random cosy enclaves.

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The Old Surgery

Cotswolds, United Kingdom[view map]

Style
Artistic Elizabethan townhouse
Setting
Cotswolds' darling Tetbury

This four-bedroom former 1940s doctor's surgery couldn't have more character. Owned by acclaimed photographer and artist Maria Stengard-Green, and her husband Nigel, the Old Surgery is a celebration of both old and new. In the hallway, framed 16th-century deeds hang across from a gilded antique typewriter mounted on the wall; meanwhile in a cosy sitting room Wii and PS2 beg to be taken advantage of. This cheap-chic self-catering stay is clearly the ideal holiday home for an extended family or group of friends of all ages. Historical charm emanates from this Elizabethan townhouse’s uneven oak floorboards and an imposing stone fireplace in the small-scale, yet grand, dining hall in the centre of the house. 21st-century flourishes are apparent in impressive modern artworks and a cool monochrome bathroom. But this rental house’s biggest luxury isn’t anything flashy or fancy – the prime Cotswolds location in Tetbury is what really wows.

Need to know

Rates
A week off-season is £1,400 (January to March; October to December, excluding holidays and half-term); Christmas/New Year week £2,400, high season, £1,795 a week. Weekends £975 year round, Mon–Fri, £1,025 year round.
Sleeps
8 in four bedrooms, but you could fit up to 10 including children.
Ideal for
Groups of friends or family, stylish celebrations, art lovers.
Minimum hire
Three nights with some flexibility, check-in from 5pm.
Booking process
Smith deposit taken when you book. 50 per cent of the fee on booking, balance due four weeks before arrival; cancellation fee on a sliding scale. 50 per cent deposit, with final payment settled no later than 12 weeks before arrival. Cancellations: four weeks prior to arrival, the fee is non-refundable; more than four weeks prior to arrival, a scaled percentage will be refunded. Damage deposit £1,000.
Property style
Elizabethan townhouse.
Grounds
Small walled courtyard at the back of the house where you can enjoy a barbecue.
Also
No pets – unless you can convince them you have one that is well-behaved and can be contained in a small area. They can’t go on the furniture, and an extra deposit is required. No smoking in the house.

In the know

Eating and drinking
The kitchen will be stocked with all your tea/coffee essentials, and you can also pre-order prepared meals of all your comfort-food favourites. There's also a fire pit in the courtyard if you want to have a barbecue. If you would rather someone else did all the hard work, they were closely with excellent caterers Cooper d'Abo www.cooperdabo.com.
Housekeeping
Weekends not at all; after three days they will refresh the property every other day for a small fee; you can pay £60 a session to have it cleaned in full at any time.
Entertainment
There's unmetered WiFi throughout the house to fire up all your internet needs. As for feeding your technophilia, not only can you take advantage of the 32-inch flatscreen LCD telly in the downstairs lounge, but there's Wii and PS2 and a shelf of DVDs. Two bedrooms also have TVs, and there are two portable iPod docks.
Provided
There are two fires ready laid for your arrival and a stack of logs (careful you use the ones from the basket not the ones for show up the wall); if you're not such a dab hand with your kindling, these can also be refreshed for a small fee.
Packing tips
Your walking boots, golf clubs and polo stick. See activities.
Eco policy
This is a 16th-century home so don't expect solar panelling, but the recycling is good, and they do use products like Ecover.

For a detailed description of all the rooms and grounds, click here

Also worth knowing

Children
Babies and toddlers are welcome and well catered for. The dining hall is equipped with two highchairs. A trusted local babysitting service is available on request. When the sun is shining, Tetbury is teeming with outdoor activity – horse riding, paint balling and go-karting are great for the adventurous types. More…

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The Old Surgery

11 Silver St Tetbury
GL8 8DH

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