Self-catering · Laverton and Buckland
Brookside Lodge
A Victorian hunting lodge for groups of up to 14 in Laverton, near Broadway, with a two-bedroom cottage, a heated pool, a gym in the old stables and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
A big-group house with more to do on site than most: a heated pool, a proper gym and gardens that run down to the Winchcombe Way. The website gives no prices, sizes or terms, so everything is by enquiry.
- Good: Five-bedroom lodge and a two-bedroom cottage, let together or apart
- Good: Outdoor heated pool in a walled garden
- Good: Gym in the Victorian stables, with a Peloton and a Pilates reformer
- Good: Dogs welcome; the yard and gardens are dog-proof
- Good: A bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor of the lodge
- Worth knowing: Dogs downstairs only, not on furniture or in bedrooms (Toad Hall Cottages)
About
Brookside Lodge is a Victorian house, built as a hunting lodge, on Acrey Lane in Laverton, a hamlet at the foot of the escarpment about two miles south-west of Broadway. It is let for groups of up to 14, with its cottage, or the cottage on its own for a couple or a small family.
The lodge has five bedrooms and three bathrooms, one of each on the ground floor, an entrance hall with a log-burner, and a vaulted kitchen and dining room with an Aga, a wood-burner and seats for twelve. Brookside Cottage, converted from stables in the early nineteenth century and used to house evacuees from London in the Second World War, has two bedrooms, a sitting room with an open fire and views up to the Cotswold hills.
Outside there is a heated pool in a walled rose garden, a stone barbecue, south-west-facing lawns and fruit trees, and in the old stables a gym with a Peloton, a Pilates reformer and a kick-boxing ring. Dogs are welcome, and the yard and gardens are dog-proof. The Winchcombe Way leaves from the bottom of the garden, and the Cotswold Way from Broadway to Wood Stanway runs along the hill above. Prices and dates are by enquiry.
On Vrbo the lodge on its own is listed for up to 10, with check-in from 4pm, check-out by 10am and a car charging point. The listing through the agency Toad Hall Cottages calls the pool seasonal, includes charging from a Pod Point in the rent, and takes up to four dogs, downstairs only and not on furniture or in bedrooms.
The details
- Rooms
- 2
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Open fire · Swimming pool · Gym · Parking · Dogs inside
- History
- Victorian hunting lodge; cottage converted from stables, early 19th century
- Parking
- Private, gated parking for several cars. Vrbo lists a car charging point, and the listing through Toad Hall Cottages says charging from a Pod Point is included in the rent.
Photos
The drawing room 
The panelled four-poster room 
The kitchen 
The pool
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Buckland Manor 1.1 km away
- Abbots Grange 2.9 km away
- The Broadway Hotel 3.0 km away
- The Lygon Arms 3.1 km away
Sights nearby
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St Michael and All Angels, Stanton
Sight · Church · Stanton
St Michael and All Angels is Stanton's Grade I church, of the twelfth to seventeenth century, with a spired west tower, medieval wall paintings and a rood loft and east window by Sir Ninian Comper. It stands on Church Lane, by the cross and the Cotswold Way.
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Stanton village cross
Sight · Monument · Stanton
Stanton's village cross stands where the High Street meets Church Lane: medieval steps and socket stone carrying a later shaft topped by a sundial, a ball and a cross. Listed Grade II and a scheduled monument, it is on the Cotswold Way, open at all times.
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Shenberrow Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Stanton
Shenberrow Camp is a small Iron Age hill fort on the Cotswold Edge above Stanton, a D-shaped enclosure of about 1.9 hectares inside two banks and ditches, nearly 300m up beside Shenberrow Buildings farm. The Cotswold Way runs through it. A scheduled monument.
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St Eadburgha's Church, Broadway
Sight · Church · Broadway
St Eadburgha's is Broadway's old parish church, out on Snowshill Road a mile from the village: a cross-shaped church of the twelfth century and about 1400, with a crossing tower, Tudor and Stuart brasses and medieval woodwork. Grade I; open daily, 10am to 4pm.