Rats Retreat
Rats Retreat
Cottage Description
Rats Retreat is ideal for families or larger groups seeking a little extra space. While maintaining its unique structural features, you’ll love the modern interior of the open-plan living, dining, and kitchen space. Its full-length, arched windows frame the farm and pond outside and emit heaps of natural light into your holiday home.
What’s Included
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Rats Retreat, from £314.60 per night
What Makes Rats Retreat Special?
The arched barn that houses Rats Retreat and Swallows Swoop formed part of the site’s early 19th-century farm building. This part of the structure is significant because it’s a prime example of a planned “model” farm, thought to be from the turn of the 19th Century.
The barn’s arched form is of particular interest because it’s so rare. Not many of these structures have survived, giving us a real example of an arcaded cart house with a granary over it. These architectural features have been noted in various literature as an innovative building type associated with the Grafton Estate. The Duke of Grafton was prominent in the agricultural improvement movement, and examples of Grafton estate farmsteads may, therefore, be of national importance.
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Details
- Guests: 8
- Amenities: Bath, Bluetooth Sound System, Internet (Wi-Fi), Kitchen, Outdoor BBQ Area, Pets Welcome, Shower, Towels, TV
- Bed Type: King: 1, Twin: 3
- Beds: 4 Bed