Vacation Rental Description
The Wain House has been fully restored from a former horse-drawn cart house to a light and airy four-star holiday retreat for four people. With level access and under floor heating throughout, the Wain House is ideally suited to young families and the less able visitor.
At the front, The Wain House overlooks the landscaped central courtyard, and is accessed by a level paved driveway edged with stone walled gardens and sloping lawns.
The level parking area leads into a spacious full height living room with an imaginative interior retaining period features - flagstone floor, stone walls and exposed beams contrasted with deep comfortable sofas, television, DVD player and music system. Full-length windows give views over the landscaped courtyard, and the farmland beyond.
Through a stone archway is the kitchen and dining area again with a full height ceiling. Hand crafted oak units and flag stoned floors are a contrast to the full range of modern appliances - electric wall oven, gas hob, dishwasher, washer/drier, fridge freezer and microwave.
A wide hallway leads from the kitchen to the bathroom and bedrooms. The tiled flat-floored shower/wet room has a drop down seat, washbasin, heated towel rail and toilet, all carefully designed for ease of access.
The bedrooms are full height into the roof space, the first with a comfortable double bed, the second with twin beds. Opening out from the twin bedroom are double oak glazed doors leading onto a secluded wooden deck with furniture for outdoor dining, raised gardens and a pathway leading to a large lawn and viewing point over the valley and farmland.
The Wain House benefits from a sunny aspect summer and winter and can be booked in conjunction with The Barn for a larger group of family and friends. Paved paths and a ramp provide easy access across the shared courtyard to The Barn
The Wain House has been assessed at National Accessibility Scheme Level 1.
Facilities
- Cooking Utensils
- Dishwasher
- Dryer
- Microwave
- Amenity Parking
- Refrigerator
The level parking area leads into a spacious full height living room with an imaginative interior retaining period features - flagstone floor, stone walls and exposed beams contrasted with deep comfortable sofas, television, DVD player and music system. Full-length windows give views over the landscaped courtyard, and the farmland beyond.
Through a stone archway is the kitchen and dining area again with a full height ceiling. Hand crafted oak units and flag stoned floors are a contrast to the full range of modern appliances - electric wall oven, gas hob, dishwasher, washer/drier, fridge freezer and microwave.
Activities
- Hunting/Rock Climbing
- Mountain Biking
Canoeing, Walking, Caving, Trekking and Riding
nearby is everything you need for a fabulous holiday whether you like walking, fishing, canoeing, horse riding, castles, good food, or books. Hay-on-Wye, world famous town of books and the famous Hay Festival is just 20 minutes drive away. Within 30 minutes drive are the cathedral City of Hereford and the historic market town of Abergavenny, and there is easy access to Brecon, with its Jazz Festival, the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, Symonds Yat, Ross On Wye, the Golden Valley, the Elan Valley, Mid Wales, South Wales and the Royal Forest of Dean.
Travel Options
- Travel Info: An easy drive from London or Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, Liverpool makes the Golden Valley, Herefordshire an ideal location. Near to world famous Hay-on-Wye and the Brecon Beacons
Owner Location Comment
Holt Cottages offer privacy for individual family holidays and grand get-togethers for over 20 guests.
Book all 4 cottages and gain exclusive use of the whole complex for a special celebration - anniversary, birthday or reunion with your friends and family – Holt is the ideal location. Holt Barn has a vaulted dining hall for over 20 guests - enjoy special meals together that will be remembered for a long time.
While you are here, why not spend your days out and about. Set between the Golden Valley and the Welsh borderlands, the area is renowned for superb scenery, all year round walking and outdoor pursuits, including local quad-biking, horse riding and cycling. All can be arranged and are within 10 miles. Hereford boasts many golf courses - four are within a half hours drive!
Food is always high on the agenda at Holt Farm. Why not get your supermarket supplies delivered before your arrival? Once here we can offer you caterers, superb local frozen meals straight from your freezer to oven, Longtown shop sells everything you might need –if they don’t sell it, it’s not worth having!! Local butchers prepare home grown meats, Hereford is renowned for cider – a famous label is brewed 6 miles away.
Our guests say they would need to stay all year to walk all the nearby paths! Walk over into the Craswall valley and visit the legendary Bulls Head pub serving local food and beverages. See stunning views of the Black Mountains where the Welsh Border and Offa’s Dyke pathway combine. For an easier stroll head across the fields into the village through Michaelchurch Court to the picturesque Bridge Inn.
Within easy reach are Hay-on-Wye, the Brecon Beacons National Park, Abergavenny, Hereford, the picturesque Golden Valley and Wye Valley, Symonds Yat, the World Heritage Site at Blaenavon, Llanthony Abbey, the famous Dore Abbey and the ancient church of St. Margaret's.