Your dogs and kids will love the landscaped, walled garden. Within it, you’ll sit for hours over drinks on the patio furniture, occasionally turning your sausages on the gas barbecue or whacking the Swingball. From here, it’s just the slide of a door back into the swim-spa room or pool room. We’re all about flow here.
This is the most open of open-plan living, designed for sociable gatherings and the family flow of moving from meal preparation to the dinner table to the forgiving couch in front of Netflix. It’s a monster of a space, with one end given up to soft sofas, the wall TV and a sparkling view onto the garden.
Head (hike?) beyond the kitchen to reach the games room, where the pool balls wait to be potted. Pop out from here to tend to the searing and sizzling barbecue. Keep going to reach the swim-spa room, where you can kick hard against the current for fitness or just bask in the bubbles and open another bottle of Beaujolais.
Chattering and chopping won’t be an issue here. In the cavernous kitchen, dining and living space, you can dish the goss as you grill. When dinner’s ready, the table will take the whole clan and you can ferry the last of the wine over to the living area to continue the conversation or just nod off in front of Netflix.
If you’d prefer to slosh around in the swim-spa before being called decorously to dinner, consider hiring our pro chefs: At the Dinner Party, By Molly or Willows Catering. Book a one-off celebration or even a fully catered break. Put your feet up further with takeaways from Pizzaland, China China or The East, and fish and chips from Harper’s.
Fill the American-style fridge/freezer with deliveries from all the major supermarkets, meat from Trotter’s Farmshop, and deli or afternoon tea from Sally Middlewood’s. Pretend you’re in the Med in Snainton at The Coachman. Pick from breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner at The Farrier in Cayton. Or dig into small plates at FortySix.
Tuck into wild halibut fillet or lamb tagine at the highly rated Brandysnap Bistro. Eat great pub grub in the beer garden at The Star Inn in Weaverthorpe. Pop in to Nosh for paninis and sarnies. Get a taste of India at Spice 4 You. And find out what gelato tastes like when the chef has a degree in the subject, at The Groovy Moo.
The odd swoop of a red kite, the ter-wit of an owl and the snuffling of a fox might be all that keep you from snoozing in the Yorkshire Wolds. Helping you on the way to The Land of Nod are six generously sized en-suite bedrooms sleeping 16. Ground-floor rooms are particularly suitable for those with restricted mobility.
On the first floor, bedroom one is a superking en-suite with bath and shower, a sofa bed and wooden cot with space for extra beds, while bedroom two offers two kingsize beds, an en-suite with shower and space for a cot.
On the ground floor, bedroom three provides two kingsize beds and an en-suite with shower and grab rails. Bedroom four gives you a superking with en-suite shower and space for a cot and bedroom five and six are kingsize rooms with shower en-suites.
