Fabian Musto, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
B&B · Winchcombe
North Farmcote
Bed and breakfast in a farmhouse above Winchcombe, built around 1840, its owners say, as a dower house for Lord Sudeley's mother.
Walker-friendly
A farmhouse B&B high on the escarpment above Winchcombe, with the Cotswold Way crossing the farm.
- Good: The Cotswold Way crosses the farm
- Good: Three rooms from £140, with breakfast and Wi-Fi
- Good: Views west to the Malverns
- Worth knowing: All bedrooms upstairs, up a staircase with two turns
- Worth knowing: Nearest station about 8 miles away
About
North Farmcote is a farmhouse bed and breakfast high on the escarpment about 3 miles east of Winchcombe, on a working family farm producing sheep and cereals. The owners say the house was built around 1840 as a dower house for Lord Sudeley's mother, and it looks west towards the Malvern Hills. The Cotswold Way crosses the farm.
There are three rooms upstairs: a double and a twin or double, both en suite, and a twin with its own bathroom across the landing, each from £140 a night, with a single from £85. Each has room for a third bed, and all are non-smoking, with television, Wi-Fi and a hospitality tray. Breakfast is included, a full English or scrambled eggs with salmon, with a vegetarian choice, and in summer guests can take tea on the terrace in the large garden. Bookings are taken by phone or email; the B&B asks for no deposit, takes payment on departure and accepts major credit cards.
It suits walkers and anyone touring the north Cotswolds by car, with Sudeley Castle, Broadway and Cheltenham Racecourse within a short drive. There is plenty of parking on the gravel at the house.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes
- Rooms
- 3
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Parking · Wi-Fi
- History
- About 1840, the owners say, as a dower house for Lord Sudeley's mother
- Parking
- Ample free parking on level gravel at the house.
- Without a car
- The nearest main station is about 8 miles away; the B&B can book a local taxi, including accessible ones.
Photos
North Farmcote Farm Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
A barn on the farm Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Hayles Fruit Farm 1.0 km away
- Hailes Abbey 1.6 km away
- The Plough Inn, Ford 2.7 km away
- Winchcombe Pottery 3.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Beckbury Camp, Hailes
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Winchcombe
An Iron Age hillfort on the Cotswold edge above Hailes, near Winchcombe, its bank still up to 4m high, with the nineteenth-century monument called Cromwell's Seat, where the story goes that Thomas Cromwell watched Hailes Abbey burn. On the Cotswold Way.
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Hailes Church
Sight · Church · Winchcombe
A little twelfth-century church at Hailes, near Winchcombe, older than the abbey across the lane, with fourteenth-century paintings of heraldry and beasts, a giant St Christopher, medieval tiles and screen, and seventeenth-century pews. Grade I.
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Dent's Terrace, Winchcombe
Sight · Historic building · Winchcombe
A row of ten almshouses of 1865 on Abbey Terrace, Winchcombe, by Sir George Gilbert Scott and J Drayton Wyatt for John and Emma Dent of Sudeley Castle: cream, yellow and pink stone under stepped gables. Grade II.
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River Isbourne
Sight · River · Winchcombe
The River Isbourne rises at a spring on Cleeve Hill above Winchcombe and runs north past Postlip, Winchcombe, Toddington and Sedgeberrow to join the Avon at Evesham. A waymarked path of some 14 miles, the Isbourne Way, follows it.