Highlights
- Luxurious converted barn in Norfolk, sleeps 18
- Multiple sitting rooms with open fires, and a games room
- Set in 80-acre farm, amid pretty landscaped gardens
- A short drive from Norfolk's finest beaches
- Amenities galore for families and friends of all ages
- Two flatscreen TVs, DVD library, Xbox, free WiFi
- Welcome hamper of local, organic goods
Guestbook
- ‘Amazing weekend! Fantastic company in a beautiful house. Lots of space even though there were 18 of us. Every bedroom is great, perfectly designed and tastefully decorated.’
- ‘Great garden area and fun BBQ. Lots of places for the kids to hide as well as for the big kids to play too. We'll definitely come back and would recommend this place to anyone.’
Smith tip
In terms of phone nous, Vodafone has the best reception; if you’re still struggling, try wandering about in the upstairs sitting room. Failing that there is a BT payphone that also receives incoming calls. For treasure hunt-style thrills, try to the find the 12th-century moated ruins of Gresham Castle which is part of the farm estate that spreads across the village.
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Chaucer Barn
Norfolk, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Colourful, cool barn deluxe
- Setting
- Pheasant-studded Norfolk farmland
Take one barn in 80 acres of soul-stirring farmland, add striking architecture, creative design and colourful Bohemian furnishings, plus every home and hotel luxury, and you have the magnificent Chaucer Barn. Just over two miles from North Norfolk’s celebrated coastline, this stylish nine-roomed self-catering property is ideal for families who want high-calibred charm as well as every creature comfort. Handpainted drapes reminiscent of a Kandinsky artwork demonstrate the owner’s creative flair, while a packet of Resolve in every ensuite exemplifies your host’s TLC and attention to detail. The open-plan kitchen and dining space is the convivial heart of this hip home from home, with the herb- and flower-filled landscaped gardens visible from every window.
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- Children
- Cots with bed linen, highchairs, stairgates, baby-changing stand and mat, baby bath, potty, kids books, buckets and spades, and lots of outdoor games balls and cricket bats, kids crockery plates cups knives and forks. As well as the large games cupboard full of board games, there's an Xbox and also a kids DVD library. There’s a duck pond opposite the barn, which should keep accompanied minors amused. There are also swings and a slide in the sprawling garden space. And consult the guestbook to check rules for a game invented by one family who stayed here Called ‘Pom Pom 123’ it involves playing in pyramid trees and it's always a hit. Bewilderwood, the treehouse adventure park is about an hour’s drive away (www.bewilderwood.co.uk). There’s also Dinosaur Adventure Park (www.dinosauradventure.co.uk), and the Splash Leisure in Sheringham Centre with its wave pool and slide, only ten minutes from Chaucer Barn.
- Weddings
- This property is suitable for weddings. More…
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All guests receive a welcome hamper and two bottles of champagne, but Smith members get a sumptuous cake from Byfords deli in Holt too
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