B&B · Lacock
The Rectory Lacock
An adults-only bed and breakfast in Lacock's Victorian rectory, in six acres a two-minute walk from the village, with two self-catering cottages for families in the old stables.
Family-friendly
The quiet way to stay in Lacock: big rooms in a Victorian house set back in its own grounds, with the abbey and the pubs a short walk away. The house is for adults only; families take one of the two cottages instead.
- Good: Five large en-suite rooms, two with super-king four-posters
- Good: Free parking in a secure car park, one car per booking
- Good: Cottages from £150 a night, with a shared patio; Wheeler has its own garden
- Worth knowing: The bed and breakfast is adults only, 18 and over
- Worth knowing: No pets in the house or the cottages
- Worth knowing: No refunds on B&B cancellations; cottages need 50% up front
About
The Rectory is a Grade II listed Victorian house, built in 1866, in six acres of garden and fields on Cantax Hill, a two-minute walk from the middle of Lacock. It is run as a bed and breakfast in the house, with two self-catering cottages in the converted stables.
The five bedrooms are named after trees in the garden. Pine and Cedar have super-king four-poster beds and garden views, Sycamore is a twin over the fields, and Maple, on the ground floor, and Cherry are king and double rooms; all are en suite, from £170 to £180 a night in 2026 and £180 to £190 in 2027. Breakfast is a full English cooked to order. The house is for adults only, aged 18 and over.
Lenton and Wheeler cottages each have a king-size bedroom, a second bedroom for children only, a vaulted living room and a fitted kitchen: Wheeler has bunk beds for two children and its own garden, and the larger Lenton has a truckle bed for up to three. They share a patio and can be linked through an adjoining hallway for a bigger family, up to nine guests in all. Children of all ages are welcome there, from £150 a night for Wheeler and £165 for Lenton until 10 December 2026 (£155 and £170 in 2027), with two nights at least and three over Christmas. Pets are not allowed. The cottages are also listed on Booking.com, which gives 21 as the minimum age to check in and says cots and extra beds are not available. Lacock Abbey and St Cyriac's Church are a short walk away. Turn in from Cantax Hill; there is no entrance from the A350.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast
- Rooms
- 7
- Check-in
- B&B 4pm to 7pm; cottages 4pm to 10pm
- Check-out
- B&B by 10.30am; cottages by 10am
- Minimum stay
- B&B one night; cottages two nights, three over Christmas.
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Parking · Wi-Fi
- History
- Grade II listed Victorian rectory, built in 1866
- Parking
- Free on-site parking in a secure car park, one car per room or cottage.
Photos
The Rectory from the drive 
Lenton and Wheeler cottages 
Inside Wheeler Cottage 
The drawing room
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The George Inn 0.2 km away
- Sign of the Angel, Lacock 0.2 km away
- The Red Lion, Lacock 0.3 km away
- Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village 0.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Packhorse bridge, Lacock
Sight · Bridge · Lacock
A small humpbacked eighteenth-century bridge of two arches over the Bide Brook below St Cyriac's Church in Lacock, by the lane called Nethercote Hill, marked on the tithe map as Dummer's Bridge. Grade II; free on a footpath.
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Lock-up, Lacock
Sight · Historic building · Lacock
Lacock's village lock-up on East Street: a late eighteenth-century stone cell with a domed roof and ball finial, no windows and a studded door, where drunks and offenders were held overnight. Joined to the tithe barn. Grade II.
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St Cyriac's Church, Lacock
Sight · Church · Lacock
Lacock's Grade I parish church, mostly fifteenth century, with a spire rebuilt in 1604, a vaulted chapel of about 1430 holding William Sharington's Renaissance tomb, and links to Fox Talbot. Open daily in daylight hours.
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Tithe barn, Lacock
Sight · Historic building · Lacock
Lacock Abbey's fourteenth-century barn on East Street: eight bays of raised cruck trusses on stone blocks, a beaten earth floor and carpenters' protective marks. Grade I, owned by the National Trust, with the village lock-up at its north end.