In a corner of the original walled kitchen garden of magnificent Cadhay (G100, tours on Fridays), 50 yards away, are the former Stables and Coach House.
They have been beautifully converted with flair into two good cottages, each with its own small patio and grassy area (table/chairs) overlooking the walled garden.
Inside the walled garden are beautifully kept allotments, fruit trees and a fascinating greenhouse, tended by the resident gardener, one of the friendliest and most knowledgeable you can meet.
Over Whitsun Bank Holiday week in May, a church fête and other charity events and the Nat.
Garden Scheme are held at Cadhay and the walled garden is open over August Bank Holiday, when a section of the garden is roped off for your privacy.
The original farm buildings are close by.
Spring water.
Professional catering available.
Good walking from the front door.
Exceptional for garden and country lovers.
The Coach House is light, spacious, with beams upstairs, some excellent antiques, interesting paintings, bright rugs.
Hall - originally the tack room with pine panelling and saddle racks - to big, bright living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, woodburner (logs included), Persian rugs, TV/DVD.
Spacious fitted kitchen/dining room (dishwasher, washing machine, tumble drier, microwave, freezer, larder fridge, electric cooker) with tiled floor and door to the big working greenhouse through which is access to your garden (barbecue).
Loo.
Stairs (door at bottom, top stairgate) up to three bedrooms - a large double (6' zip-linked bed) with en suite bathroom (suite with separate shower); another pretty double (5' bed) with beams, en suite bathroom (suite) and limited clothes-hanging space, and a twin with beams and en suite bathroom (suite with separate shower).
Ottery St Mary: small market town (sports centre, tennis, pubs, restaurants, church), amid rolling farmland and beautiful woods beside the River Otter, where Coleridge was born and wrote a sonnet to the river.
Honiton (sports centre/indoor swimming pool), 5 miles.
Exeter, 12 miles; the Coast Path and sea (and golf) at Sidmouth, 5.