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Popes Cottage is a charming stone cottage having been thoughtfully converted from a barn, featuring the original beams, timbers and stonework. It is across the courtyard from the owners' home, where a Mr. Pope lived in 1334, and is approached by a lane and track, surrounded by grassfields grazed by sheep.

The Cottage, all on the ground floor, has an open plan sitting room/dining room with gas stove, television, DVD, CD/radio, and books. The kitchen area, with terracotta floor and rush matting, has an electric cooker, fridge and microwave. The beamed bedroom with double bed and duvet leads through to an en-suite bathroom (shower room). We provide all Linen.
French windows open onto your own small private garden - a suntrap for breakfast in the garden - overlooking pastures and trees.

This is a peaceful, comfortable place from which to set off and explore the area which is little known and particularly beautiful, being between the Quantocks, Blackdown Hills and Exmoor. It is designated an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; we frequently see red deer, foxes, badgers, buzzards and a host of hedgerow birds here. National Trust houses, the tiny barrel roofed churches typical of the area, the coast (Porlock, Lynton, Bideford, Barnstaple) are all within easy reach, with local walks along footpaths and byeways where it is unusual to meet anyone. The combes of Exmoor are unique.

Beautifully secluded, but not at all isolated, we are 3 miles from Bampton (early Celtic settlement, now known for the annual October Fair where Exmoor ponies are sold) where excellent vegetable and butchers shops, bakery, two small country stores provide everything you need, and some local inns offering excellent food.

Unfortunatly we cannot accept dogs. By popular demand this is a non-smoking cottage.

TARIFF - for one week in 2010

10th April - 28th May £220 plus electricity

29th May - 24th September £275

25th September - 29th October £220 plus electricity

PAYMENT - A deposit of £50 per week, please, when booking. The remainder payable two weeks before arrival. Please make cheques payable to M. Scott

3-day mid-week breaks can sometimes be arranged (but usually not during high season, June - September)

Further enquiries and bookings:
Michael and Tricia Scott

Telephone: 01398 331999
email: mss.scott@btinternet.com

OS. Sheet 181 - 989 249

Please Note: Arrivals after 3pm - Departure by 10am SATURDAY

Popes Cottage

Further enquiries and bookings: Michael and Tricia Scott

Further enquiries and bookings:
Michael and Tricia Scott