Self-catering · Snowshill
Diston's Cottage
A National Trust cottage for two on the street in Snowshill, opposite the manor, with a multi-fuel stove, a terraced garden and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
A snug end-of-terrace cottage for a couple and their dog, with the manor opposite and the Snowshill Arms in the village. Mind your head on the beams, and note there is no washing machine.
- Good: One king-size bedroom with its own bathroom
- Good: Multi-fuel stove and a terraced garden
- Good: Dogs welcome in the cottage
- Worth knowing: Low beams and ceilings: tall guests take care
- Worth knowing: Steep garden; no washing machine or tumble dryer
- Worth knowing: Dogs not allowed in the manor or its formal gardens
About
Diston's Cottage is an end-of-terrace stone cottage in Snowshill, let by the National Trust and named after the Diston family, whose home it was for three generations. It stands on the village street opposite Snowshill Manor and Garden, and the Snowshill Arms is in the village.
It is for two: a sitting room with a multi-fuel stove, a kitchen, and a bedroom with a king-size bed and an en-suite bathroom. There are old stable doors, low beams and ceilings, electric heating, free Wi-Fi and a steep terraced garden behind, and a cot and high chair are available. There is no washing machine or tumble dryer. One dog is welcome, and guests have free entry to Snowshill Manor while it is open.
Dogs are welcome in the cottage. At the manor they may go on short leads in much of the grounds, but not into the house or the formal gardens. Walks start at the door; our Stanton, Snowshill and the edge route passes through the village. The Trust lets two more cottages on the same street, Spring Cottage and Snowshill Honor's Cottage, so friends can take a neighbouring one.
The details
- Rooms
- 1
- Check-in
- 4pm
- Check-out
- By 10am (4pm on Sundays)
- Features
- Open fire · Garden or terrace · Parking · Wi-Fi · Dogs inside
- Parking
- In the National Trust residents' car park near the cottage.
Photos
The bedroom 
The side door and garden steps 
The bathroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Snowshill Manor Farmhouse 0.0 km away
- Snowshill Manor and Garden 0.0 km away
- Cotswold Lavender 1.4 km away
- Buckland Manor 2.8 km away
Sights nearby
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St Barnabas's Church, Snowshill
Sight · Church · Snowshill
St Barnabas is Snowshill's village church, rebuilt in 1864 in coursed stone with a three-stage west tower and a clock, and keeping a fifteenth-century font. It stands beside Snowshill Manor, and it and the cottages round it were filmed for Bridget Jones's Diary. Grade II.
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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.
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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.