Property Summary

• Sleeps 4: 1 King, 1 Double, 1 Bathroom, 1 En-Suite Shower Room
• Wood Burner
• Countryside
• Pet Friendly
• WiFi

Suffolk self-catering holiday accommodation in Bildeston near Lavenham.

Saddler’s Cottage is a skillfully updated and extended period cottage set in the heart of the picturesque Suffolk village of Bildeston, the home of the critically acclaimed Crown pub and within easy striking distance of the wool towns of Lavenham, Long Melford and Clare, the Stour Valley and Constable Country.   

Guests can park on the road outside the cottage, from where they'll enter into a spacious hallway with access to the sitting room, bathroom and a large kitchen/diner. The first floor has a double bedroom, study and cloakroom.  Up a further set of stairs is a second double bedroom with en-suite shower room.  Outside is a delightful cottage garden, complete with table and chairs.

"Great cottage with everything you could need. One of the best cottages we have ever stayed in."

GROUND FLOOR: The front door leads from the High Street into a spacious hallway, which accesses the sitting room, open plan kitchen/diner, bathroom and stairs to the first floor.  There is plenty of space for hats, coats and boots in this hallway.

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM:  An open plan room with the fully equipped kitchen has stone worktops and integrated Neff appliances including: an electric hob, an electric oven, a stream oven with a hot plate drawer, a fridge, a freezer, a slim-line dishwasher and a washing machine. The dining area has two sets of glass French doors opening onto the pretty back garden.  There is a table seating six and an iPod docking station on a small table in the room.

SITTING ROOM:  In this room there is a wood burner perfect to cosy up to with a book and a glass of wine on one of the two large leather two-seater sofas.  There is also a 28-inch flat screen TV with FreeView channels, a DVD player and a window looking out onto the High Street where you can watch the world go by.

BATHROOM: This room has a skylight, a bath with a shower over it, a W.C. and a hand basin.

FIRST FLOOR:  From the ground floor hallway is a set of stairs leading to the first floor.  The stairs go up from the ground floor to midway landing, then turning left and continue to the first floor hallway.  The first floor hallway leads to the study, cloakroom, bedroom 2 and the stairs to the second floor.

BEDROOM 2: This bedroom has a double bed with original beams in the ceiling, there is a chaise longue, matching bedside tables with lamps, a chest of drawers and a built in wardrobe. 

SNug:  The snug has two comfy chairs for you to sit and relax in, read a book or watch a DVD on the flat screen TV with DVD player.

CLOAKROOM:  This room has a W.C. and a hand basin.

SECOND FLOOR:  From the first floor landing there is a door that opens to the stairs that lead to the second floor.  Again there is a mid-way landing and the stairs continue to the right and into Bedroom 1.

BEDROOM 1: A spacious room with a king-size bed and features an en-suite shower room. There are matching bedside tables with lamps, a chest of drawers.  There’s a built-in wardrobe back down the stairs in the first floor hallway for hanging space.  There are sloping ceilings in this room so please mind your head.

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM:  En-suite to Bedroom 1, this shower room has a large shower, a W.C. and a hand basin.

OUTSIDE:  There is on-road parking in front of the cottage and near by.  To the back of the cottage is a garden with an outdoor table and chairs.

The property is situated in the pretty village of Bildeston just 6 miles from the medieval wool town of Lavenham, 12 miles from Long Melford which is popular for its historic high street and magnificent wool church, antique shops, good restaurants, takeaways, art galleries and fashion boutiques.

Our five top tips for exploring and enjoying the area:

1. Enjoy a meal in The Bildeston Crown which is the only restaurant in Suffolk to be given three rosettes in 2010.
2. Spend a day at the historic moated Tudor Kentwell Hall. Through the summer there are re-creations of everyday life in Tudor times, where Kentwell is inhabited by up to 250 men, women and children who live, act, talk and dress as if still living in Tudor times.
3. Take a trip to the beautiful villages of Clare, and Cavendish and enjoy lunch in The George pub on The Green at Cavendish.
4. Visit the magnificent Elizabethan house Melford Hall, owned by the National Trust. The children’s writer Beatrix Potter visited here on several occasions and painted some of her paintings here, a collection of which can still be seen here. The annual fireworks display in the grounds is a very popular event.
5. Take a trip and enjoy a stroll around the nearby historic medieval wool town of Lavenham and enjoy afternoon tea at The Swan Hotel.

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All prices include 100% cotton bed linen, towels, heating and electricity plus a welcome bottle of wine and biscuits to help you get your break off to a relaxing start.

Saddler’s Cottage is equipped with central heating and a wood-burning stove.  Appliances include a flat screen TV with FreeView channels, a DVD player, and a CD player with an iPod docking station, WiFi broadband, all integrated Neff kitchen appliances including an electric hob, two electric ovens, slim-line dishwasher, fridge, freezer, and washing machine.  There is wood flooring in the ground floor hallway and both bedrooms, tiled floors in the bathroom, kitchen/diner, shower room and cloakroom, and carpeted flooring in the sitting room, study, first floor hallway and on the stairs.

Sorry, no smoking or unaccompanied teenagers.

A well-behaved dog can be accommodated on written request at the time of booking, and must be restricted to the ground floor.

The owners of the property are going to donate 5% of every booking to Voluntary Services Overseas.

Please note that the wardrobe for Bedroom 1 (which is on the second floor) is on the first floor. Also there are sloping ceilings in Bedroom 1 so please mind you head.

1. Check availability and price by clicking here. Move your mouse pointer over one of the underlined dates to reveal the prices for breaks starting on that date.

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3. How to pay. When you have filled out your booking form you can choose to pay online by credit or debit card or send a cheque. A 25% deposit is requested at the time of your booking. The balance and a £100 returnable good housekeeping deposit (subject to terms and conditions) are due six weeks before your holiday commences. Please note there is a 1.5% charge for credit card payments. There is no charge for debit card or cheque payments.

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