Tom’s Barn galleried bedroom, with original low roof truss, now - since this photo - padded in soft leather.		Douglas’s Barn bedroom with its extra wide extra long King size bed - particularly appreciated by extra tall people.

We had the outside woodwork of the barns repainted in October 2007. Even so, from the outside Tom’s Barn and Douglas’s Barn don’t seem to have changed very much, since their more modest beginnings, but, step inside… Be prepared for a pleasant surprise!

We spend ages thinking about how we would like the barns to be and how we can keep improving them. Our main aim throughout is simply to make each barn the sort of place we would hope to be lucky enough to stay in ourselves (and we are quite choosy). We want everybody to feel totally relaxed and comfortable: to have the best possible time staying in our barns and go home, and back to the real world, feeling totally restored and refreshed.

You will find awaiting your arrival - apart from the welcoming tea tray and fresh flowers - a loaf of bread, a pint of milk, some butter and half a dozen freshly laid local farm eggs, flour, sugar rice etc and some herbs and spices. In the summer months you'll find a jug of fresh herbs from our garden in the kitchen. You should also find everything else, within reason, that you might possibly need (see Tom's Barn & Douglas's Barn pages for more detail). There are books to read, some DVD's and CD's, maps, walk books and some well-worn games.

All you should need to bring is your personal belongings and anything particular you may want to eat and drink. Now that we have a shop again (see news flash on the left) you will be able to top up on any necessities there.

Comment from our 2007 Visitors’ Books

"For once Five Stars lives up to the expectation!"

"Our first visit and it mustn’t be our last – quite simply the best self-catering accommodation we have found – beautiful home in beautiful surroundings.

Thanks for all the extras – truly a 5* experience."

Excerpt from an email received in Jan 2008

"We have stayed in lots of different cottages and always look for places with high standards i.e. 4 star and above.What we found at Tom's Barn was accommodation that was the first that we could say was faultless." 

Comment from our 2008 Visitors’ Books

"Our annual visits to Orchard Farm seem to be becoming more frequent! ...Thanks J and M for creating a perfect bolthole."