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Golden Cottage
offers a high quality accommodation with the feel of a
traditional home in the Cotswolds.
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THE MASTER BEDROOM AT
GOLDEN
COTTAGE HAS ITS OWN BATHROOM (SHOWER—NO TUB), TWIN BEDS,
DRESSERS AND A WARDROBE. |
THE ACCOMMODATIONS:
Golden Cottage was built in 1860 as a home for
workers of Blockley’s silk mills. It is one of a long row of
cottages of golden Cotswold stone.
The cottage has been furnished as a
home rather than as a holiday cottage and
provides many unexpected little extra touches. The front
door opens into the living room furnished with an
upholstered two-seater sofa and two armchairs. There is a
television, video player and radio/cassette/CD player. The
cottage has central heating, and there is a log-burning
stove in the living room for cozy
evenings at home. One end of the
living room
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serves as the dining area with an antique pine
dining table that seats four.
The
well-equipped kitchen has built-in cabinets and a
lovely antique pine china cabinet, table and chairs for four,
a range, oven, fridge, microwave, and washer/dryer. On the
second floor are two bedrooms. One has twin beds plus its
own bathroom with stall shower, toilet, and basin. The
second bedroom has a double bed. There is a
master bathroom in the upstairs hall with
Victorian roll-top bathtub, walk-in shower,
toilet, basin and heated towel rail.
Behind the cottage is a delightful patio
garden, with views of the rolling Cotswold
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GOLDEN COTTAGE GETS ITS
NAME
FROM ITS TRADITIONAL GOLDEN
COTSWOLD STONE EXTERIOR. |
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countryside. Barbecue equipment is provided.
An arched alleyway on one side of the cottage
provides access to the rear entrance of the
cottage and its garden. Parking is on the street in the front
of the cottage.
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THE SPACIOUS,
PRACTICAL,
WELL-EQUIPPED KITCHEN
AT GOLDEN COTTAGE |
THE
SETTING:
Centered between
Moreton-in-Marsh and Chipping Campden, the
village of Blockley commands a
delightful location in the hills of the North Cotswolds. In
its heyday Blockley boasted 12 water
mills that were converted into a thriving silk
industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Blockley’s combined post office and general
store is open six days a week and also on
Sunday mornings selling newspapers, groceries,
fruit, vegetables, and freshly baked bread.
Blockley’s historic church and village common are
worth more than a casual look, but the most important
attraction in town is doubtless the Crown Inn, which offers
both a friendly pub where
townsfolk gather, and a stylish restaurant
offering fine dining. The Crown Inn is
approximately 3/8 mile along Blockley’s narrow main street
from Golden Cottage: a pretty, essentially flat walk through
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THE
LOCATION:
Blockley’s setting among the rolling hills of
the Northern Cotswolds is both attractive and practical.
The village is just minutes by car from other classic
Cotswolds villages and towns, including Chipping Campden,
Moreton-on-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Stow-on-the-Wold,
Upper and Lower Swell,
Upper and Lower
Slaughter, Snowshill, Broadway,
Stanton, and Stanway. Blockley is
also within 45 minutes drive of three major towns with
international reputations:
Oxford
to the southeast, Cheltenham to the southwest,
and Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon to the
north. Day trip destinations further afield
include
Gloucester, Bath, Bristol,
and the English border country with
South Wales. Remarkably, London itself is
within day trip range by rail from Moreton-on-Marsh.
Moreton’s rail station is less than
4 miles from Blockley,
and London is reached in about 100 minutes by
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THE HISTORIC CHURCH
AT BLOCKLEY IS THE
CENTER OF THIS
ATTRACTIVE FORMER COTSWOLDS MILL TOWN. |
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THE NEARBY CROWN INN
RESTAURANT
AND PUB IS A BLOCKLEY LANDMARK |
TOURING, ATTRACTIONS, AND ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE:
The Cotswolds
offer luscious, traditional
English scenery worthy of long days of exploration by car,
bicycle, horseback, and on foot. The region has managed to
preserve many of its finest villages and towns despite the
encroaching modern shopping centers and highways.
Winding back roads, bridle paths,
bike routes, and
walking trails provide
excellent access to the unspoiled England that
in places reaches back through the Industrial
Revolution and the Middle Ages to Saxon times. The Cotswolds region
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numerous
manor houses, large estates with English
gardens open to the public, and historic
castles like those at
Warwick, Berkeley, and
Sudeley.
Blockley’s
location is ideally situated for touring the Cotswolds from Oxford to Stratford-upon-Avon
to Bath. Longer day-trips outside the region are also quite manageable, to destinations as
varied and attractive as
Salisbury and Stonehenge, Tintern
Abbey and the Welsh borders, and even to London. Happily,
each day's exploring is civilized with opportunities to duck into pubs,
restaurants, and tearooms for rest and fortification. |
THE RIVER EYE, LOWER SLAUGHTER |
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THE
ENGLAND OF YOUR
TRAVEL DREAMS |
THE OFFER:
Looking for
the remnants of the England of novels and
history? Come explore the Cotswolds from your
own
cottage base in a historic village, shopping eating, and
raveling like a native. Visit estate gardens, medieval castles,
and great churches. Discover your own favorite list of pubs.
Travel by auto, by bicycle, on horseback, and on foot
throughout the Cotswolds and beyond by day, and return to
your comfortable, authentic cottage in cozy Blockley each
evening.
HOME
AT FIRST
makes it possible to experience the England of
your travel dreams. AVAILABILITY: For current availability information,
call HOME AT FIRST at
(800) 523-5842,
or contact us by
e-mail at:
info@homeatfirst.com. |
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