Happisburgh

Hitchens Cottage

  (Prop Ref: 895)

From £310 - 573 per week

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Special offers:
Due to a late cancellation we can offer £120 discount per week on this property from 4 to 18 September 2010.

Happisburgh (pronounced Haisbro) is a seaside village on the North East Coast of Norfolk, famous for its red and white lighthouse. It offers visitors a quiet, rural location, sandy beaches and cliff-top walks. The village has a post office/store and a traditional coaching inn and is within a 15-minute drive of the market towns of North Walsham and Stalham with easy access to the Norfolk Broads and many other tourist attractions.

In past years, Church Farm has been a favoured holiday location for famous artists such as Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Ivon Hitchens, keen to relax in a rural idyll. The large grain barn and stables have been sympathetically converted to retain character and create four beautiful cottages, which all have exposed flint walls and old beams. There is a large recreation barn (9am-8pm) offering a racket sports area, a pool table, table tennis table and a comfortable seating area with books and games. Each cottage has its own door allowing access directly into the recreation barn. Shop: 0.25 miles Pub: 0.25 miles

Accommodation

Typically suitable for a person with sufficient mobility to climb a flight of steps but would benefit from fixtures and fittings to aid balance. 

 

With exposed flint walls and beams Hitchens Cottage is on one level, with two spacious bedrooms created from buildings that stabled horses used for the Happisburgh lifeboat. Creatively furnished, the cottage features artwork by Ivon Hitchens. It has an enclosed patio and garden area with gas barbecue, rotary dryer and outside furniture.               

Open Plan Living Area with Sitting Area with comfortable seating, TV, DVD player, Freeview box and radio/CD player
Kitchen Area with electric oven, gas hob, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge, freezer, dining table and chairs
Bedroom 1 with a double bed
Bedroom 2 with twin beds
Bathroom with bath, over-bath shower, washbasin and w.c. 
There is direct internal access to a shared recreation area

Parking: There is one designated parking space for each cottage and an additional two spaces available in the grounds. Further parking is available approximately 300 yds from the cottages.
Heating: G.F.C.H.
Also Provided: Board games in each cottage. There is a payphone and a coin-operated tumble dryer in the barn. Stair/door gate available on request. Cycle storage rack. Each cottage can connect to the Internet via wireless access.  
Extras: Towels are available for hire at £4 per person per week, payable on booking.
Notes: (2011 On the following dates the cottages at Church Farm Barns will be charged lower than the bands indicated by the 'Price Breaks' table.
19th Feb to 25th Feb; 23rd Apr to 13th May; 17th Sep to 30th Sep; 3rd Dec to 21st Dec - All at Band A. 3rd Sep to 16th Sep - Band B.
2011 Booking dates for the Christmas and New Year breaks are: 22nd to 28th Dec and 29th Dec to 4th Jan)

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Mr Simpson wrote
We are writing on behalf of all who came with us to your cottages over Christmas. Without exception everyone had a wonderful - nay, unforgetable - time. The accomodation was spacious, clean, faultless and warm throughout including the Barn itself. You certainly have a gem of a complex there, which you have put to the very best of use with clearly a lot of thought and detail applied to make everything exceptionally welcoming and amenable. No-one who came along has anything but praise for the way you had arranged and organised everthing ready for us - chairs, tables, and a fully decked Christmas tree in each house as well as the Barn. It all contributed to a joyous family holiday which none of can yet stop talking about.

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Mrs K Scott wrote
For a first time stay in Norfolk we could not have booked a better property. The play barn was excellent.

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Miss C Thomas wrote
Very clean and well equipped, the owners were very friendly.

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Mrs G Bennett wrote
This is an excellent property in a good location with very welcoming owners.

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Mrs M Stephens wrote
Having a recreation barn is a real bonus with children.

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Mrs E Ellis wrote
The best self catering accommodation we have ever had. The standard of the decor, equipment and furnishings were really excellent.

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Mrs K Myatt wrote
I like the way the cottage the cottage is decorated and the owners are very friendly. The games room was excellent.

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Mr P Thomas wrote
We thought the cottage was wonderful and really enjoyed staying there.

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Mrs S Blackburn wrote
We were really pleased with the cottage and had a lovely holiday.

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Miss L Dale wrote
This was our second visit and we enjoyed it equally as much as the first.

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Mrs N Osborn wrote
This is probably the most well thought out property we have ever rented.

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Dr PR Routley wrote
The beds and sofa were uncomfortable, rest of property was excellent.

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Mrs S Short wrote in August 2009
Good location, very homely propery.

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Mrs S Blackburn wrote in June 2010
3rd consective summer holiday at church farm barns, outstanding as always, lovely welcome from the owners!

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Mrs S Blackburn wrote in June 2010
Property excellent. Really clean and everything perfect for the welcome and arrivel. Some great nearby attractions for the hole family, and lots for a rainy day.

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