Bring your dogs to sniff their way around the three-and-a-half acres. Bring your kids to kick their legs on the tree swing. Bring your cossie in summer to leap into the heated 24-foot swimming pool. Then towel off and chill out with cool drinks in the pool house. Eat out on the terrace with pool backdrop.
Get giddy around the grand opulence. Amid the theatrical curtains, chandeliers and French-inspired furniture, you’ll kick back in serene silence or sing along with the Sonos, with the people who matter most. And there’s plenty to keep you entertained, whether you want to get sweaty or sociable.
Grab another drink from the chiller in the pool summerhouse. Keep your towel handy for the hot tub, sauna, and steam room. Keep your fitness up in the gym on the running machine, rowing machine, bike, and weights. Get together at night for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on the big screen in the cinema room.
Cook on the Aga in the country kitchen and sit down to eat beneath the chandelier or out on the terrace with the pool glistening behind you in the summer sun. Stock up the fridge-freezers at the Co-op, Sainsbury’s or Tesco, with croissants and pain-au-chocs from Marsin French Bakery and meat from Mills’ butchers.
Fancy some Friday fish and chips? You’ll want Nelson’s in Hockley Heath. Prefer Chinese? Try The Kam Shun takeaway, or Café Chutney’s for Indian. Feeling really lazy? Consider booking our in-house chef for one-off celebrations or a fully catered break, while you simmer in the hot tub.
Tuck into top pub grub at gastropub The Boot at Lapworth, including pork cutlet, Manchego and chorizo croquette or confit duck ragout, trofie pasta and chestnut mushroom. Or try The Punchbowl at Lapworth for orzo pasta, aubergine schnitzel or glazed pork belly.
Meat fiends should get down to Miller and Carter in Hockley Heath for a steakfest. Try the child-friendly Hatton Arms overlooking the canal for smoked bacon-wrapped chicken or Thai vegetable Panang curry. Head to the Fleur de Lys for its award-winning pies or The Orange Tree for prime steaks, classic salads, and succulent seafood.
Things here in the Warwickshire countryside are pretty silent and serene, so sleep here won’t be elusive. Holly Croft House sleeps 16 in five boudoir-style bedrooms.
The main bedroom comes with a superking bed plus a double sofa bed. There’s a private bathroom and room for a cot.
The Blue Room and Pink Room both offer three single beds plus a private bathroom and room for a baby, while the Black Room gives you a double bed and zedbed, plus a Jack and Jill bathroom. Bedroom five is a twin with private shower room. Sleep tight.
