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THE
COMPLETE GUIDE TO UK HOLIDAY COTTAGES
OR A ROSE COTTAGE?
by Harriet O'Brien - Independent Newspapers UK Ltd
According to a
recent Halifax House names survey, 'Rose Cottage' is the second
most popular house name in Britain " after, somewhat
unimaginatively, 'The Cottage'. Both names are said to conjure
a nostalgic sense of the rural past that lingers in the collective
subconscious. A quintessential Rose Cottage is offered by
English Country Cottages (08700 781 100; www.english- country-
cottages.co.uk) in the village of Wark near Hexham in Northumbria.
This end-of-row village property oozes atmosphere with its
inglenook fireplace and beams. Yet it has also been renovated,
its modern dcor largely inspired by the Arts and Crafts V
C movement. It sleeps four, and is priced at pounds 684 over
the Bank Holiday week.
In North Yorkshire
Hoseasons (01502 502588; www. hoseasons.co.uk) has a modern
Rose Cottage five minutes' walk from the village of Scalby
and just five miles from Scarborough. The well-devised property
is one of a tidy development of five purpose-built holiday
cottages, all named after plants and all offering exposed
beams, stylish furnishings and great views. This Rose Cottage
also accommodates four people and is similarly priced at pounds
682 for the holiday week.
WHAT ABOUT GETTING
RIGHT AWAY FROM IT ALL?
It would be difficult
to find a property more isolated than Blaendigeddi Fawr, a
remote farmhouse in the Black Mountains on the Welsh-English
borders. Set on an 80-acre hill farm that is reached down
an access road, this comfortable property has a spectacular
location, and the surrounding land is awash with Welsh Hill
sheep, ponies and pedigree Welsh Black Cattle (so strictly
no dogs allowed). The second-hand bookshop haven of Hay-on-Wye
is four miles away, the cathedral delights of Hereford a drive
of 24 miles. The property sleeps seven in four bedrooms and
is priced at pounds 570 for the Bank Holiday week through
Brecon Beacons Holiday Cottages (01874 676 446; www.breconcottages.com).
Over in Carmarthenshire,
Bedw Cottage is a newly converted barn near the Cambrian Mountains.
It is set in a stunning, Alpine-like valley well off the tourist
trail. The area is home to red kites, buzzards and other wildlife.
The two-bedroom property sleeps four and offers wonderful
views over rolling countryside. It costs pounds 390 for the
Bank Holiday week through the Welsh self-catering specialist
Quality Cottages (0800 169 2256; www.qualitycottages.co.uk).
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