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The Dovecote

Buckland, Faringdon, Nr. Oxford

the perfect love nest for a little "billing & cooing"

Units: 1.     People per unit: 2-4.
Origin: Dovecote.
Price guide: £600 per week.
Open: All year. Short breaks available (from £260).

Proprietors: Norman & Alison Armitage
Address: 20 Lark Hill, Wantage, Oxon., OX12 8HW
Tel. 01235 772809    Fax. 01235 760395
Web site: www.the-dovecote.co.uk  

If you're the sort of romantic who has the urge to shower your lover with a thousand roses, perhaps you could go one better with eleven hundred doves. Sorry - the birds have flown the coop, or been eaten! Inside the three foot thick walls, the potence remains, a technical term for the central post and ladder - very important when harvesting squabs for breakfast. Dovecotes come in all shapes and sizes - this one is octagonal and impressively large, with quatrefoil windows and tufa stone banding, contrasting with the exposed red brickwork inside.

Without the doves, peace reigns within. The interior has a split personality, half as left by the doves, the remainder ultra modern steel timber and glass, with light flooding in from the lantern roof. Lovey-doveys will find all they could wish for, including a sauna and a double shower to cool off afterwards. If you decide to fly free, Oxford and the Cotswolds are both a short flight away.

Private parking without charge Yes Credit cards accepted No Mini-breaks Yes
Daily cleaning (may be a charge) No Open Christmas and New Year Yes Linen provided Yes
Pets accepted by arrangement No Central heating (may be a charge) Yes Within 1/2 mile of public transport or will collect No

 

 

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