Tudor barn large group
self-catering facilities
The barn is huge, with a complicated layout - scroll through the information & check out more room pics
Note: this original layout has changed a little now
Beds & bathrooms
25 ‘bedspaces’ (all made up) comprised of:
Private rooms:
1 x ground floor double with bathroom en-suite
1 x ground floor double with loo & basin en-suite
1 x small upstairs twin accessed through ….
1 x twin with emergency TV and third pull out standard bed
Open plan in the 30m x 15m main barn with joiner-made oak beds, super-comfy mattresses and electric blankets in winter:
2 x four posters with curtains
2 x ‘truckle’ doubles (they roll out Tudor style from under the four-posters)
6 x single ‘box’ beds (Tudor style)
2 x single box beds in Gallery overlooking area
Extra bedspaces sometimes possible - comfy futon bedrolls and travel cots. Or sometimes private bedrooms in the Hall Farmhouse adjacent on a bed-only basis.
2 x bathrooms: one en-suite & one open to all in the cartlodge end - bath, shower & loo
In the modern loo & shower block a hop, skip & a jump across the grass lawn: Ladies & gents with a total of 4 x showers, 5 loos (inc 1 x wheelchair-friendly)
Kitchen facilities
Cooking equipment: Large electric cooker with 5 hotplates, 2 ovens, grill. Microwave. Big hot cupboard.
Basic BBQ & charcoal
Dishwasher & tablets
Large fridge-freezer, fridge (third fridge & second freezer by arrangement)
Kitchen equipment: saucepans, casserole pots, lasagne-type dishes, smallish food processor, hand whisk, blender
Tableware & glassware for up to 80 plus cafetiere, tea pots, thermoses, jugs, vases.
Washing up basics: kitchen cloths/roll, tea towels, oven gloves, washing up liquid
Cooking basics: spice rack, limited assortment of tea, coffee, flour, sugar, oil, herbs in garden
Non-drip candles provided - please don’t bring your own
Highchairs
Welcome pack
When guests book, we send:
Welcome pack which includes masses of information on facilities, what we provide, shopping, taxis, what to bring
Activity ideas
Food information - local pubs, caterers
Entertainment
20+ adult road bikes for those over 16yrs old and <c15 stone weight, 2 toddler seats & some helmets - bike trail quiz, circular bike routes (BYO children's bikes). These are completely separate to the Old Brooder’s fleet of bikes.
Hard tennis court (BYO rackets, balls, soft shoes)
Adult Tudor costumes, tableware, music
Children's dressing up chest (hours of fun)
Small sound system
Digital piano (by arrangement for serious use)
Table football & table tennis
Croquet, badminton, boules set
Board games & playing cards
Farm trails - 1.2 mile yellow or 2.8 mile blue routes
Rough meadow for football (nets), rounders, sports day games and frisbee.
Family farm activity pack
The file includes on-farm activities such as tree hugging, making dens and discovering mini-beasts.
The main Tudor barn living and sleeping area
The seating area around the woodburner

Dressed up for Christmas
One of two-four posters with roll out truckle doubles underneath
Six single comfy Tudor box beds down the sides of the barn

Twin beds in the gallery overlooking the barn
Banquet tables laid up 'Tudor'
Wooden platters for Tudor banquet
Potage bowls and pottery mugs
The underfloor-heated cartlodge kitchen

Sunny kitchen with large cooker

The kitchen laid up for a winter supper for 12

The private Potting Shed double bedroom with loo and basin en-suite
Potting shed loo & basin

Upstairs twin (with emergency TV and third pullout comfy bed) en route to ....

Tiny upstairs cartlodge twin accessed through previous bedroom

Ground-floor cartlodge double with bathroom en-suite

Waiting for Father Christmas

Cartlodge double en-suite bathroom with shower out of view
View outside from front door
View from upstairs sitting room
Cartlodge entrance to the Tudor barn
Tennis court for guests' use
The lawn on one side of the barn
Fenced in garden with picnic tables
Charcoal barbecue
One of the 50+ Tudor costumes

View from the farm trail
Cartlodge entrance to the Tudor barn
Cartlodge entrance lobby for boots, coats
Two four-posters, two roll out doubles & gallery with singles above
Layout of the Tudor barn

23 bikes for barn guests' use

Stockings ready around the woodburner