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Whitcombe Cottage

Honiton, Devon (Ref. 976051)

Customer rating

4.8★

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  • 4 Guests

  • 2 Bedrooms

  • 2 Bathrooms

  • Pets Yes

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Features

  • Off road parking
  • Open fire
  • Garden / Patio
  • Cot available
  • Highchair available
  • Dishwasher
  • Broadband / WiFi

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69 Customer Review(s)

  • Helen

    “Whitcombe cottage is a gem of a place!”

    Quietly located on the owner's farm, it is nevertheless not far from a main A road giving easy access to all that East Devon has to offer. The cottage is a converted farm building, one of three sharing the farm yard with the main farmhouse. The buildings are beautiful, solidly constructed from the local stone and there is tarmaced parking for several cars. Inside, the ground floor provides an attractive, open plan, living space with a wood burner to supplement the radiators (we lit it once, ...

    Quietly located on the owner's farm, it is nevertheless not far from a main A road giving easy access to all that East Devon has to offer. The cottage is a converted farm building, one of three sharing the farm yard with the main farmhouse. The buildings are beautiful, solidly constructed from the local stone and there is tarmaced parking for several cars. Inside, the ground floor provides an attractive, open plan, living space with a wood burner to supplement the radiators (we lit it once, just for the fun of it). There is the added benefit of a ground floor, accessible, floor wet room. Stairs (with a stairlift) give access to two sizeable bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The bedrooms have attractive vaulted ceilings with exposed roof trusses. The furnishings are of a high quality and the eco brand cleaning products and toilet tissue are a nice touch. Jayne, the host, had also left us a home baked cake and some roses from the garden. It is possible to arrange to see the rare breed sheep and cows, kept on the farm, and there is a lovely walk uphill over the fields to the rear to Dumpdon iron age hill fort, for some lovely views of the surrounding countryside. All in all, we had a great week with our son and two dogs, and intend to return next year with our daughter.

    - Helen, October 2025
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Summary

  • Two bedrooms: 1 x king size double, 1 x twin
  • Bathroom with bath, WC, basin
  • Ground floor wet-room shower room with shower, WC, basin
  • Ground floor open plan living space with seating area with wood burning stove, dining area and kitchen and French windows to patio.
  • Central heating with wood burning stove
  • Microwave, fridge-freezer, washer-dryer, dishwasher, TV with DVD, WiFi, Phone, Fuel and power inc. in rent
  • Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
  • Stairs with stair lift
  • Cot and highchair available on request
  • Off road parking for two cars
  • Barbecue
  • Two well-behaved dogs welcome
  • Sorry no smoking
  • Note: This property has a private water supply which is tested regularly
  • Note: Bookings starting on any day other than the standard change over day (Friday) need to be confirmed with the property owner before acceptance.

The property

2 miles from Honiton and 200 yards (private drive) off a lane, two attached cottages close to the charming owners' 17th century farmhouse.

They are in a brilliant, peaceful position with fine views, on the side of beech-tree-crowned Dumpdon Hill (Iron Age fort, good walks, Nat.

Trust), above the Otter Valley.

You are welcome to help when possible on the environmentally-friendly, well managed, clean 135 acre working farm (horses, chickens, Devon cattle, Gotland sheep).

Heating and hot water are piped to the cottages from solar panels and a log boiler (out of sight) fed with coppiced wood from sustainably managed woodland.

Spring water.

Arrival after 4pm.

Whitcombe Cottage, converted from a barn across the courtyard from the owners' house, is comfortable and welcoming with its own small garden (flowers, lawn, good views) and secluded patio (table/chairs, barbecue).

Open-plan living/dining/kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer, electric cooker) with fuel-efficient woodburner, TV/DVD, beautiful views to Dumpdon Hill and French windows to patio and 5 steps up to garden.

Downstairs shower-room (wet-room suite).

Washer-drier in hall cupboard.

Upstairs (stair lift), two bedrooms - a double (5' bed with footboard), and a twin; bathroom (suite).

Note: This property can be booked with Swallows Cottage (976052) and Whitehall Farm Cottage (987915), together they sleep 15. Honiton: small, important, east Devon former coaching town famous for lace-making and antique shops, in the River Otter valley (trout fishing).

Sports centre (indoor swimming pool).

Lovely farmland all round – the wooded Blackdown Hills and the flat valley.

The sea (beaches) at Sidmouth, 8 miles; Exeter, 14.

Floorplans

1st FloorGround Floor

Kitchen Dining Area Lounge Shower Room

Note: This property has a Good Housekeeping bond of £100.

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About the location

HONITON

Ottery St Mary 5.6 miles; Lyme Regis 14.2 miles; Exeter 16.7 miles.

Honiton is a delightful market town in East Devon, with plenty to offer visitors. It lies in the valley of the River Otter and is surrounded by rolling Devon hills, green wooded valleys and plenty of scattered farming villages. Honiton has an attractive High Street stretching almost 2 miles, and lined with individually owned shops, pubs and restaurants. Honiton has been famous for lacemaking since the reign of Elizabeth I and still has a few lacemakers in work today - visitors can see some fine examples of antique lace in the town’s Allhallows Museum. Honiton boasts the only public art gallery in East Devon; the Thelma Hulbert Gallery occupies an attractive Grade I listed Victorian house, and has links with the Hayward Gallery, London. Honiton is only a short drive from the dramatic 20 mile stretch of Jurassic Coast, England’s first natural World Heritage Site. Resorts such as Seaton, Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth are found along this stretch of coastline, and all have much to occupy the visitor. Near to Honiton is the cathedral city of Exeter with plenty of large shops, a wealth of museums, a theatre and fabulous restaurants.

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Note: Spring water.
Note: Please no stag or hen parties.
Note: Arrival from after 5pm, departure by 9am.