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White Lodge Farm, Norwich, Norfolk
Three self catering cottages offering holiday accommodation for parties from
2 to 18 guests (plus infants) with the comfort you'd expect in a modern hotel,
but also with the personal touches and attention to detail which go to make them
holiday cottages which guests so often refer to in our visitors' books as a
"home from home". Converted by craftsmen and fitted and equipped to a
high standard, each luxury holiday cottage at White Lodge Farm has
VisitBritain's five star rating.
The central location makes the cottages an ideal refuge from which to enjoy
all that Norfolk has to offer, or simply a place to relax overlooking our
paddocks and the countryside beyond. The luxury cottages offer a suitable venue
for a family holiday, a relaxing retreat, a celebration or get-together for a
large group. Stay for three days or longer - we offer short breaks (midweek
breaks from Monday to Friday and weekend breaks from Friday to Monday)
throughout the year except Christmas and New Year.
If you're looking for somewhere for a gathering with a group of friends or family, perhaps to celebrate a special birthday or an anniversary, or simply a get-together or re-union, you'll find the self catering cottages at White Lodge Farm offer well-appointed accommodation with bathrooms in abundance, dining tables and comfy seating for the whole party, and plenty of kitchenware and tableware. Also, a number of local caterers are happy to cook a special meal for guests at White Lodge Farm.
For those seeking a relaxing break, each cottage has its own, lawned and fenced garden with an outdoor seating area and garden furniture for resting or al fresco dining. The cottages are spacious, light and airy, furnished and equipped with the more discerning visitor in mind - furnishings are comfortable, practical and child-friendly. Central heating, modern insulation, log burners and a wide range of other modern amenities all contribute to the feeling of homeliness in each cottage.
Kitchens are well-equipped - each cottage has a dishwasher (the Barn has two), washing machine, tumble dryer, food processor, and double oven (the Barn has a range cooker) and there's plenty of crockery, cutlery and glassware. When it comes to entertainment there are books, games, a TV, DVD player and clock radios in each of the cottages.
The cottages are approached over our private driveway from a
country lane (there's ample parking, all off-road), and yet are only a 15 minute
walk from the pretty Georgian village of Hingham. The village, which has a
strong transatlantic connection, is thriving, with a pub, antiques shop,
restaurant and bistro, and a range of shops including a butcher, a baker, a
chemist and two grocery stores.
The surrounding countryside will appeal to all ages. It is ideal for walking, cycling in quiet lanes, golf (those keen on golfing will be spoilt for choice with 12 golf courses within as many miles!), sightseeing or just lazing around.
The cottages look out over miles of surrounding countryside and the wide vistas offer spectacular views of sunsets and star-filled skies. For those wishing to explore there are a wealth of activities, antiquities and other attractions to be found in Norfolk and North Suffolk.
Thetford Forest, the historic city of Norwich, with its outstanding architecture and shopping facilities, the market towns of Dereham, Watton and Wymondham (with its Abbey), the Norfolk Broads the beautiful beaches of the North Norfolk Coast, and the Peddars and Marriott's Way are all accessible from White Lodge Farm.
Dairy Cottage and Stable Cottage each sleep up to six guests plus infants and the Barn sleeps up to 12 guests plus infants. Larger groups (we can accommodate a party of up to 18 guests plus infants) often choose to book two cottages, making White Lodge Farm an ideal place to celebrate a special occasion. To assist the less mobile all cottages have level or ramped access and there are no internal changes of level on the ground floor.
Like our accommodation, we aim to be flexible, and are happy to discuss your party's particular requirements before welcoming you to White Lodge Farm.
We look forward to hearing from you and, we hope, welcoming you to our cottages at White Lodge Farm.
The Barn
Self-catering accommodation for a large party seldom comes as well-appointed as that in the Barn. Six bedrooms and five bathrooms (two of them en suite), a dining table seating up to 18, a double-oven range cooker with eight burners, a spacious sitting room and a further casual seating area all contribute to 12 people sharing the Barn in comfort. All factors which have helped the Barn achieve the coveted VisitBritain five star rating and which make it an ideal choice for a larger group or to celebrate a special occasion.
One of the three self-catering cottages at White Lodge Farm, formerly used for the storage of grain and fodder, the Barn has undergone substantial renovation with a view to accommodating a large party with ease and space.
The creation of an upper floor and the replacement of the large entrance doors by a glazed oak screen means that the Barn now benefits from plenty of room with natural light and some far-reaching views over the surrounding countryside.
Much of the ground floor of the original building is given over to a single room with kitchen, dining and seating areas (part of which is pictured here). The dining area has been organised so that a party of up to 18 guests can eat together, enabling the Barn to be booked in conjunction with either Stable Cottage or Dairy Cottage.
It is difficult on a website to convey the size and comfort of the Barn (and many guests tell us that these photographs do not do it justice) but, by clicking on the links in the detailed descriptions which follow, we hope you can get at least some idea of the quality of the accommodation.
The accommodation, which sleeps up to 12 plus infants
Dairy Cottage
One of the three self-catering cottages at White Lodge Farm, Dairy Cottage has been given the coveted VisitBritain five star rating in recognition of the quality of the accommodation and the welcome afforded to guests.
Converted, as the name suggests, from the former dairy, but with the addition of a garden room and the "closing in" of some adjacent open-fronted storage, Dairy Cottage offers spacious and well-appointed self-catering accommodation on a single floor (with no internal changes of level) for a party of up to six guests plus infants.
Although the spaciousness and exceptional quality of the accommodation is difficult to convey photographically, we hope that the detailed descriptions and the pictures which follow will give you at least some idea of why we say that this cottage was designed with the more discerning self-catering guest in mind
Stable Cottage
One of the three self-catering cottages at White Lodge Farm, and converted, as the name suggests, from the stables and harness room, Stable Cottage sleeps a party of up to six guests plus infants.
As with Dairy Cottage and the Barn, Stable Cottage offers well-appointed self-catering accommodation, having been designed with the more discerning self-catering party in mind. There are four indoor seating areas - the kitchen, the living room, a hall looking to the west, and the hayloft.
The work, undertaken as the final phase of the conversions and concluded this year, included replacing part of the building demolished some years ago, but of which we were able to obtain photographic evidence to assist us in rebuilding something of roughly the same proportions.
Tel 01953 850435
Web www.whitelodgefarmcottages.co.uk
Norfolk self catering holiday cottages