Rolling Devon countryside surrounds this lovely 5 bedroom house;  Barry and Barbara from Torridge House, Little Torrington, Devon, would like to welcome you to
Tel 01 805 622542    e-mail holidays@southwoodcottage.co.uk                                                                                                                                                      

SOUTHWOOD
 A lovely house in beautiful North Devon countryside: 
VisitBritainThree Star Quality Accommodation
Five bedrooms, four bath or shower rooms, two sitting rooms and a large conservatory. Sleeps 9/11 + 2 cots      

Southwood is surrounded by fields and rolling open countryside. It is on a Devon lane (tiny road), with only two other cottages and these are on the other side of the road.  Southwood is in a very private, yet open setting.    

    
Families,  Friends, Reunions, Pampering Weekends,  Alpha Courses,  Walkers,  Cyclists,  Golfers............... and everyone 

For full availability details please click here  Last updated 11th September 2009
"A super house" "What a find!" August 2009 

I asked a holiday-maker how she found out about Southwood. Her friend had found it on the Internet......
"Hey! Just look at this web page, it just gets better and better - I don't believe it. Its too good to be true."
"And were you disappointed?"   "Far from it. It has all been wonderful."  

Southwood enjoys a very rural situation at Five Lane End, just outside the small village of Little Torrington, yet it is only two miles from the historic town of Great Torrington, with its many pubs, pannier market, shops, Civil War Sealed Knot events and 1646 Experience, Dartington Crystal and Rosemoor RHS Gardens. 

  The magnificent beaches of Westward Ho! and Instow are a short twenty minute drive from Southwood, The Tarka Trail Countryside foot and cycle path is accessible half a mile from Southwood.

There are in the area a very great many excellent attractions to suit all tastes and ages.

more pictures from the garden

         

Southwood is a very pleasing, attractive and spacious house with a half-acre garden and a lovely countryside setting. For over 30 years it has been a happy holiday home for very many families and groups of friends . It is truly child friendly and at the same time also very well suited to older families and groups of friends meeting up together.

                    
Southwood is great for families, for groups of all ages, and for those looking for a quiet relaxing retreat. 

"We had such a marvellous time in Southwood and couldn’t fault it at all ........................"

        

The upstairs sitting room faces south and has wonderful views over the nearby wooded valleys and on over Dartmoor.

    

There is lots of room and privacy in both the house and the gardens.             

                                                            more of the gardens . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                                                                          

                                                  

                                                                          

................... and  winter scenes

        

   

(The web page has just been transferred to FrontPage and I have been having fun putting photos onto it. They are somewhat haphazard at the moment, and some of them were taken before everything was quite prepared for the season! 

      
                                  - some through the window views

Lots of places to explore, by foot, bike or car - or a wonderful place just to sit and relax or meditate in the country air, with lovely views over beautiful wooded valleys and the rolling Devon countryside.

The dining room: - Southwood has a large dining room, ideal for gatherings of families and friends from lazy breakfasts to dinner parties. It has a wood burning stove and television. There are more dining options if the conservatory tables and chairs are used.

    

The downstairs sitting room:- has television, video and dvd. It leads onto a large, immensely versatile carpeted conservatory which enjoys a south facing aspect overlooking garden and countryside. Leading off from the conservatory is a sauna room with a good size sauna cabin, shower and wc.

There are three double bedrooms, two on the ground floor with en-suite facilities (one with bath and shower room & the other with a shower room, both showers are electric), the third double bedroom is upstairs with a large balcony that has wonderful views. Also upstairs is a twin bedroom.                                             

All other facilities are on the ground floor including the fifth bedroom with a single bed and bunk beds, the kitchen and a further bathroom and separate wc, as well as the shower and wc in the sauna room

    The inside of the sauna cabin and the sauna lobby, shower to the right, loo straight ahead.

                                                   

Southwood is a fine old stone building, warm and comfortable - a welcoming house.

The large garden is secluded - it's surrounded by farmland on 3 sides and Devon banks and the house on the fourth side, with garden furniture, a barbecue, a small play house.  
Southwood is, the wood burner apart, all electric, with electricity and logs included. Heating is by night storage heaters, with electric heaters in the bathrooms.           

A ten minute walk from Southwood is Torridge House with the swimming pool, animals to visit and facilities freely available for your use.
Summary: 5 bedrooms, 4 bath/shower rooms, sitting room, dining room, upstairs picture window sitting room, kitchen, large conservatory, sauna, large garden, 2 televisions, video, full kitchen equip inc. dishwasher, cooker, microwave, fridge-freezer, toaster etc., auto washing machine, tumble drier (in play room), cots, highchairs, baby gates, telephone (in & local out). Plenty of private parking. Towels provided. Shared use of facilities at Torridge House including out door heated swimming pool.  Electricity, logs, bed linen, dvd, video and video library included. The beds are made up ready for your arrival. Regret no pets. No smoking.
      

 Southwood is a lovely house in a lovely setting. A great holiday setting.  Smaller groups can book Southwood outside of school holidays as a 3 or 4 bedroom house, rather than all 5 bedrooms. This will gives flexibility for booking - bedrooms can be added if you wish to add numbers to your party.  

"I've always wanted to stay in a house in the country" "We are have had a wonderful time"  

 All the sitting rooms plus the dining room mean that living space is more than well balanced with the 5 large bedrooms and all the bath/shower rooms. 

Local Attractions

The Gnome Reserve
The Big Sheep,
Dartington Crystal,
Brocklands,
Rosemoor RHS Gardens and other gardens, 
1646 Civil War Experience,
 (Torrington  is where a lot of fiming of "Down To Earth"
with Pauline Quirk took place),
Brannans Pottery,
Milky Way,
 Eden Project*,
Lost Gardens of Heligan*,
Morwellham Quay*,
Hartland Abbey,
Watermouth Castle,
Exmoor Zoo,
Atlantic (Factory outlet) Village
National Trust * Good Pubs * Good Food * Good Beaches * Good Walks * Good Riding * Good Cycling * Paintball & other Entertainments and  many...many...more   (* star marked attractions are 1 and halfish hours away). More links can be found here or here.

 Please use the back arrow to go back to the torridgehouse main page . sorry I can't get the hyperlink right. Thank you.             

Prices include electricity, night storage heaters, sauna, logs, dvd, video, beds made up and cottage towels.
Thank you for looking at our web page. Please let me know if there is any more information you would like. Barbara

                                                                                                 Below is Southwood in the winter. Behind me as I take the photo, are fields and there are fields to either  side as well. Opposite are just two cottages.