Dartmoor rental Cottage

Holiday Home #25858 from owner #19333
created on 05-Aug-2009

Duckpond Cottage, Higher Ashton, EXETER

Walk to Dartmoor pubs from luxury cottage sleeping 10 (5 beds, 3 bathroom) with fabulous POOL, HOT TUB & SAUNA

Golf Course Nearby Pets Not Allowed No Air Conditioning Beach Nearby Credit Cards Not Accepted Non Smoking
Not Disabled Friendly Has Internet Access No Public Transport Nearby Bars or Restaurants Close By Has A Pool Not Near Skiing Family Friendly
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Cottage in Dartmoor
5 bedroom, 3 bathroom
Sleeps 10 People
£292 - £490 Per Day

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A luxurious, detatched, Dartmoor Cottage with POOL, HOT TUB & SAUNA, 5 Bedrooms(sleep 10) 3 Bathrooms, near Exeter & the coast, in Devon. A great base for Summer & Winter holidays, perfect for families or groups of friends, golfers, cyclists, riders, walkers & foodies!

Duckpond Cottage is a beautiful detached period farm cottage, on a traditional Devon farmstead, providing a fantastic base for Summer & Winter holidays. Views across a pretty pond, towards an ancient thatched 15th century farmhouse, an old stone cider barn & to surrounding fields. The Cottage is in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty, the village of Higher Ashton is a traditional thatched village with a pub and shop.

Recently refurbished, the Cottage allows top quality self catering & consists of a detached three-storey house & a two-storey converted barn linked on the ground floor. 5 bedrooms have beautiful iron bedsteads & comfy furnishings. A spacious, open plan living & dining room overlooks the pool, hot tub & BBQ. An upstairs drawing room with a log burning stove for cosy nights in, original artwork (for purchase) throughout, hall with baby grand piano, an exceptionally well equipped kitchen, 3 bathrooms & sauna. Wi-Fi.

GREAT FOOD. There are 5 pubs within 5 miles, the nearest a mile away, all serve good food & some can be reached whilst walking. One in particular has won numerous awards & has one of the biggest whiskey & wine lists in the country! In addition there are local shops, apple cider farms, farm shops, tea shops with fantastic Devon cream teas & even a local farm with an old fashioned ice-cream parlour made with milk from their herd of beautiful South Devon cows.

With such fabulous food producers surrounding the cottage, it is possible to spend plenty of time visiting farmer's markets, farms and specialist producers and eating very well!

The Cottage has a cot and a travel cot - guests must bring their own baby linen.
Bed 1 & 2 at the top of the 3-storey part of the cottage, with bathroom (A) in between.
Bed 3 off the first floor drawing room, sharing bathroom (B) with Bed 4.
Bed 4 on the ground floor, sharing bathroom (B) with Bed 3.
Bed 5 first floor of the 2-storey part of the cottage, with a walk in wardrobe & bathroom (C)
Bath A - a bath/shower body jets & foot spa.
Bath B - an Airbath with mood lighting under the water & large separate shower.
Bath C - mood lighting in the bath panel, a 3-seater custom sauna, laundry area washer/dryer,freezer.

The kitchen is well equiped including an integrated steam oven, extra large fridge, extensive number of glasses incl. champagne glasses, ice bucket, espresso cups, coffee makers & tea pots, cake tins, mixers, juicers, breakfast & dinner china. Picnic cool bags & picnic ware for a day out at the beach, baby bottles, kids plastic cups and plates.

There are 2 sitting areas; the family living room with two extra long sofas with a TV (freeview) DVD and ipod dock by the pool and upstairs a drawing room with two large sofas and an arm chair, a log burning stove and TV. The TV is via satellite is Freeview. CDs can be played on the DVD player. There is a WiFi network. A land telephone line is operated on an honesty basis.

Outside the wet weather porch is a secluded, gravelled garden area with seating. The pool terrace has a combination of recliners & bench tables. One off cleaning fee for BBQ of £10.

The pool is open and heated between 22 May 2009 to 18 September 2009 (open 9am - 9PM) - outside of this period the pool is closed. The hot tub is available all year round until 9pm. The sauna is for a maximum of 3 people.

M5 Jn 30 15min by car.
Exeter airport 20min.
Bristol airport 74 miles.
Plymouth Ferries (Roscoff and Santander) 38 miles.
Exeter St Davids train 8 miles to London every 30 min.


Relax by the pool at Duckpond Cottage	Family room for relaxing & dining close to the pool area

Adventure Sports, Beach, Biking, Boating, Cinema, Fishing, Golf, Hiking, Horse Riding, Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Night Club, Restaurant, Sailing, Shopping, Tennis, Theatre, Theme Park, WaterSkiing, Water Sports and Rental, Zoo/Wildlife Park

FALCONRY experiences on Dartmoor. Meet the birds, hold or feed them or spend a day on the Moor.

FISHING: Deep sea fishing at Torquay, Exmouth, Dartmouth & Plymouth. Coarse & carp fishing are available at a large number of fisheries within a 20 minute drive. In season (15 March - 30 September), fly fishing & tuition 4 miles.

RACING: 3 miles from the cottage is Exeter Racecourse, steeplechase racing 17 times between October and May.
9 miles from the cottage is Newton Abbot Racecourse, the leading Summer jump racecourse in the UK.

GOLF some of the most beautiful courses in the country close by;
1 mile to Teign Valley Golf
20 min Stover, Exminster, Teignmouth
25 min Bovey Castle, Dawlish
35 min Sidmouth

ROCK CLIMBING 10 miles at Chudleigh climbing centre

Dishwasher, Cooking Utensils, Tumble Dryer, DVD Player, Heating, Jacuzzi, Kitchen, Linen Service, Microwave, Open Fire, Parking, Private Pool, Refrigerator, Sauna, Stereo, TV, Washing Machine

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CHANGEOVER is mainly on a Friday but outside of high season we will try to accommodate your requests
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WALKING, CYCLING, RIDING Haldon Forest Park 2 miles with beautiful walks overlooking the Exe estuary and Dartmoor, hire bikes & for older children zip wire through the tree tops at GoApe.

HORSE RIDING local horse stables for forest riding in Haldon woods (from complete beginner upwards), or bring your horse on holiday and stable it at an excellent livery yard nearby.

CANOE the Exe Estuary (canoe & bike hire at Quay) past Exminster bird reserve to Turf Locks Pub which is NOT accessible by car

KIDS Pennywell Farm, Miniature Pony Centre, Crealy Adventure Park.

VINEYARDS Pebblebed, Manstree, Oldwall & Kenton within 20 minutes.

CIDER Nearby cider farms Gray's Farm, Tedburn St Mary & Brimblecombe's Devon Cider, Dunsford.

Low Season Price : £292
High Season Price : £490 per Day

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Bookings confirmed on receipt of deposit plus party details. Final payment in full 8 weeks prior to arrival.

In addition a £200 cautionary deposit for breakages is required for all bookings which will be returned as a cheque within 3 days of departure.

Arrival from 4pm Departure by 10am

No smoking, no pets except guide dogs, candles only by pool area, no glitter. No fireworks due to the proximity of thatched neighbours. Single sex or v. young groups at our discretion.

Only people named on booking can stay at Cottage. Visitors are strictly with prior consent of owners, with names & numbers agreed in advance. Hen parties at our discression.

Guests are expected to recycle their rubbish into the appropriate bins (guidance provided).

Guests are expected to leave Cottage reasonably tidy, respect neighbours & keep noise to a reasonable level late at night

4 Jun-8 Jul 2010 £2080/£495
9 Jul-5 Aug £2920
6 Aug-2 Sep £3355

Price Table
Date From	Date To	Price per week/night
29 Aug 09	17 Sep 09	£1900 / £365
18 Sep 09	22 Oct 09	£1400 / £335
23 Oct 09	29 Oct 09	£1862 / £443
30 Oct 09	19 Dec 09	£1302 / £310
20 Dec 09	03 Jan 10	£2400 / £490
4 Jan 10	11 Feb 10	£1302 / £310
12 Feb 10	25 Feb 10	£1600 / £380
26 Feb 10	1 Apr 10	£1302 / £310
2 Apr 10	15 Apr 10	£1800 / £430
16 Apr 10	27 May 10	£1302 / £310


Duckpond kitchen looking out to pool next to family room	Family bedroom 5 with walk in wardrobe, overlooking pool

Family bathroom C with sauna and large shower	Time out in the shade by the hot tub cabana

Entrance hall with baby grand piano	Ground floor bedroom 4 looking towards pond

Mid level bathroom B with Airbath and large shower	Front of Duckpond Cottage