Self-catering · Cirencester
The Cottage
A Grade II listed two-bedroom holiday cottage for up to four adults, a seven-minute walk from the middle of Cirencester, with a courtyard garden and parking for one car; Plum Guide lists it as Honey Pot Cottage.
A listed town cottage for two couples or friends who want to walk to Cirencester's shops and park and come back to a log burner. It is adults only, the second bedroom is up a steep spiral stair, and the parking is one space on a shared drive.
- Good: Seven minutes' walk to the town centre, five to Cirencester Park
- Good: Log burner, enclosed courtyard garden and a study with a desk
- Good: Off-road space for one car at the rear
- Worth knowing: Adults only and no pets; ask before bringing a baby
- Worth knowing: Second bedroom up a narrow, steep spiral stair through a low door
- Worth knowing: A primary school close by can be noisy at times (Plum Guide listing)
About
The Cottage is a Grade II listed stone house on a quiet street in Cirencester, let by its owners, Adrian and Sophie, for up to four adults. The Market Place is about seven minutes' walk away and the Barton Lane gate into Cirencester Park about five. Plum Guide lists the same house as Honey Pot Cottage. The town's spring-fed open-air pool, open from May to September, is about five minutes' walk.
The sitting room opens onto the street and has exposed beams and a log burner in the old stone fireplace. Behind it is the kitchen, with a dishwasher, washing machine and coffee machine, a dining table and a door to a small enclosed courtyard. Upstairs is a double bedroom, a shower room with underfloor heating and a study with an armchair and a second shower; the other double bedroom is up a narrow spiral stair through a low door. There is a downstairs WC and Wi-Fi. Plum Guide counts two and a half bathrooms.
It costs £250 a night through 2026, for two nights or more, with self check-in from 4pm. The house is for adults only, with no pets, no smoking (in the house or garden) and shoes off indoors. The owners' details page welcomes babies in arms with a travel cot, but their rates page says it is not suitable for infants, so ask before booking with a baby. Park the car in the space at the back and walk: Cirencester Park, Pope's Seat and Stratton starts a few minutes from the door.
The details
- Rooms
- 2
- Check-in
- After 4pm, self check-in with a key safe
- Check-out
- By 10am
- Minimum stay
- Two nights.
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Wi-Fi · Parking · Open fire
- History
- Grade II listed stone cottage
- Parking
- One off-road space at the rear; park in the centre of the shared drive, as the neighbours use it. Several nearby streets have no parking restrictions.
- Without a car
- Kemble is the nearest station, about 4 miles away.
Photos
The sitting room and log burner 
The courtyard garden 
The top-floor bedroom 
The double bedroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Corinium Hotel 0.1 km away
- Corinium Museum 0.4 km away
- Gilbertine Deli 0.4 km away
- Black Horse 0.5 km away
Sights nearby
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Cirencester Park
Sight · Common or park · Cirencester
The Bathurst family's landscape park on the western edge of Cirencester, planted from 1714 by the first Earl Bathurst with Alexander Pope: 8km of rides and woods along the Broad Ride, with Pope's Seat and Alfred's Hall. Grade I registered; a day pass is needed.
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St John the Baptist, Cirencester
Sight · Church · Cirencester
Cirencester's great wool church on the Market Place, free to visit: a fifteenth-century tower you can climb on set Saturdays, a three-storey porch of about 1490 that served as the town hall, fan vaults, medieval glass and the Boleyn Cup. Grade I.
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Pope's Seat, Cirencester Park
Sight · Historic building · Cirencester
A small stone pavilion of the early eighteenth century at Seven Rides in Cirencester Park, with a Doric portico and POPE'S SEAT cut in its pediment, named after the poet who helped Lord Bathurst lay out the park. Grade II*; a park day pass is needed.