Water Cottage is a beautiful 15th Century weaver’s cottage in Kersey – Suffolk’s prettiest little village – totally idyllic.
Cottage Walk Through
This magnificent timber framed ‘Hall House’ has been carefully restored to its former glory and the wonderful beams and massive inglenook fireplace create a lovely atmosphere for the lucky guests who want to stay in a Historic House.
You enter the cottage into the main room which is divided in two by a central open fire fireplace that faces the dining area to the right. Straight ahead is the sitting room with its massive inglenook fireplace and roaring log burner. The sitting room looks out over the pretty cottage garden.
Beyond the sitting room is a small coffee room and galley kitchen, which has direct access (completing the circle) back to the dining room. The beautiful beamed rooms, and lovely open fire along with the cosy woodburner ensure a wonderful cosy atmosphere in this very well furnished cottage.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms; two kingsize doubles and one bunk bedroom with standard size single beds. The bunk room is suitable for two children but only one adult please as it is a small room and there is not much clothes hanging space.
There is an elegant bathroom next to the bedrooms with a lovely roll top ‘Ball and Claw’ iron bath, with a handheld shower attachment.
This is a beautiful Character Cottage in a delightful tiny historic village.
Well behaved doggies are welcome in this cottage – dog charges apply at £20 per doggie for up to a week.
Please note that outside High Season this cottage offers a reduced rate for just two guests, who use one bedroom only.
Garden
Water Cottage has a very pretty garden, which is completely enclosed, it has an old apple tree providing shade for when you use the outside furniture to eat your meals in the garden or fire up the BBQ.
There are a selection of bikes in the shed to explore to pretty lanes around Kersey.
Outside
Water Cottage is close to the ford in Kersey which is fondly known as ‘The Splash’ and just 50 yards from the pretty local pub which was featured in the ‘Not the Meerkat’ TV commercials, as in fact was the whole of Kersey, the school and the village hall!
Kersey is Suffolk’s prettiest tiny village with not much more than one road, a pub, church and ford, but there are great walks straight out into lovely Suffolk countryside and the circular walk is very well marked round Kersey Vale and Moon Valley.
Just 5 minutes away is Hadleigh, one of Suffolk’s best Medieval villages with a lovely high street full of independent shops.
To find out more about the attractions of the local area, including the lovely Pubs & Restaurants, please click on Discoveer this area above.
I have a very early painted postcard depicting the steep hill with the ford at the bottom. The lovely building on the right is the pub. The inscription on the back reads that “the steady march of the motor car has not yet intruded on this little Suffolk village of Kersey where time has stood still for 100’s of years” – well that was in the 1920’s and still nothing has changed!
Green Credentials
The loving restoration of this historic house needed the very careful craftsmanship of specialist builders who were used to working with ancient timber framed buildings, a lot of reclaimed material was used and traditional building methods employed to allow the house to breath.
Where possible ecological cleaning products are the first choice.
Local Area
The famous village of Lavenham ‘England’s best preserved Medieval Village’ is just a few miles away and the area immortalised by England’s renowned Landscape Painter ; John Constable and known as ‘Constable Country’ is right beside us.
There are many great country pubs, some special Gastro pubs like our own local pub just steps away: The Bell, Kersey, or down the lane The Rose Lindsey, The Crown Inn and the Angel at Stoke-by-Nayland are especially good and there are some high quality restaurants like The Swan in Lavenham., Scutchers and The Black Lion in Long Melford.
At the moment our favourite is Number 10 in Lavenham which is just behind the Swan and in a beautiful Historic building, it is a wine bar but has a restaurant and the food is excellent and reasonable, it is also completely dog friendly.
This area is amazingly rural and untouched by city life, with tiny single track lanes leading nowhere or to a pub, footpaths galore and tiny Medieval Villages where time seems to have stood still.
If you are staying for more than a weekend then a day out at the unspoilt Suffolk Coast is always a lovely trip.
The coast starts just 30 minutes away near Colchester or Ipswich and our favourite beaches and places on the coast are between 50 – 70 minutes away, places like Pin Mill, Nacton, Levington, Orford, Aldeburgh, Dunwich, Southwold and Mersey Island.
The nearby Medieval Villages of Long Melford, famed for its setting for the Lovejoys TV series, Nayland, sitting prettily on the river Stour, Polstead, with its bluebells woods and impressive views over the Box river valley are all close by and there are many more tiny villages with lovely walks and Pubs to explore.
This is an area you can feel a million miles away from City life and really relax and enjoy just being part of.
Standard Inclusive Features
All prices include VAT and everything written below:
Kitchen: All cottages are complete little homes and facilities include modern central heating, refrigerator, hobs, oven and / or microwave, toaster, crockery & serving dishes, cutlery, many utensils, fire-extinguisher, lots of pots & pans, glasses & mugs, kettle, coffee maker, teapot, kitchen towels, oven gloves, olive oil, salt & pepper, sugar, herbs, tea, fresh and instant coffee, washing up liquid, cloths, general cleaning materials, etc.
Bathroom: Soap, fluffy cotton towels, bath mats, shaver point, toilet brush, toilet roll.
Bedroom: Cotton bed linen, wardrobe with coat hangers / chest of drawers, iron, ironing board, hairdryer.
Living room: If your cottage has an open fire or stove then a basket with firewood and a bucket with coal will be provided free and more will be available at cost and there will be firelighters provided, TV, books, games, magazines, local brochures, OS and other maps, folder with our special ‘What To Do’ insiders guide to the local area.
Baby: A cot and high chair provided in the cottage (please bring babies bedding).
Bikes: Please check with the owner that these are available before you arrive to avoid disappointment if they are in for maintenance
2 Well behaved Dogs are always welcome - charges apply: £20 per pet for up to 7 nights
