Find self catering and cottages with an open fire or a wood burner in East England

1 Blackshore Cottages, Southwold, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £410 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Southwold sleeps 6.

Features include: Short breaks • Pets allowed • Internet or WiFI Access • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub • Near Fishing •

Accommodation overview: Well equipped cottage with views over the town and the marshes. Southwold Harbour - All the Harbour properties overlook the water with a mix of pleasure and working boats; beyond this are open views towards Walberswick which can be approached over the nearby footbridge or on the foot ferry (summer only). There are equally delightful views from the rear windows across meadows towards the town. Town centre shops and other amenities are three quarters of a mile away (15 minutes delightful walk) across grazing meadows and the common, whilst the beach is a similar distance along the side of the Blyth River to the harbour mouth. There is a good eating pub nearby which welcomes children; an exceptional fish and chip restaurant; a tea room and all the hustle and bustle of a sailing and fishing community. No 1 Blackshore provides an ideal base for watching the changing moods of the harbour. From the front door you can watch boats plying the river or get straight into a country walk. The picture window of the comfortable master bedroom gives dramatic views of the tidal estuary and the fields beyond. Shop: 0.75 miles Pub: 50 yards. Ground Floor: Open Plan Sitting/Dining Area with TV/video, DVD player, full Sky package and wireless Broadband, CD/radio/tape player and fireplace with wood burner Kitchen with electric double range cooker, microwave, fridge, freezer, dishwasher and washer/dryer Shower Room with shower Cloakroom with washbasin and w.c. First Floor: Bedroom 1 with a double bed Bedroom 2 with a double bed Bedroom 3 with twin beds Bathroom with bath, over-bath shower, washbasin and w.c. Garden: Sheltered patio area overlooking the harbour with gas barbecue and secure storage for bikes, etc. Parking: For two cars. Heating: Full central heating and wood burner - logs provided but please provide your own kindling or fire lighters. Pets: One well-behaved dog by arrangement with the owner.

Shell Cottage, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 3
Weekly prices from £352 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Aldeburgh sleeps 3.

Features include: Short breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub •

Accommodation overview: Shell Cottage is a delightful detached modern property situated within the award winning Church Farm area. Aldeburgh and the surrounding area has inspired many authors and poets in the past but the most famous son of the town is Benjamin Britten who founded the Aldeburgh Music Festival which now has worldwide acclaim and is held every year in June at Snape Maltings. Fishermen still pull their colourful boats up on the shingle beach and sell fresh fish from the picturesque huts. The wide, mainly Georgian high street has many attractive buildings whilst the seafront properties all have commanding views of the beach and the North Sea. Boating is popular on the nearby Alde estuary where a large variety of yachts can be seen at summer weekends. Shell Cottage is a delightful detached modern property situated within the award winning Church Farm area. The property boasts good accommodation including a private garden and car parking (much sought after in Aldeburgh!) and is ideal for a couple looking for a 'bolt-hole' at any time of the year. A short walk to the beach. Shop: 500 yards Pub: 500 yards. Ground Floor: Sitting Room with flat screen TV, DVD and CD hi-fi, and an inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove Kitchen/Dining Room with electric oven and hob, fridge with ice box, dishwasher, washing machine, microwave and table and chairs First Floor: Bedroom 1 with a double bed Bedroom 2 with a 2'6 single bed Bathroom with bath, over bath mixer shower, washbasin and w.c. Garden: Enclosed rear garden with table and chairs. Parking: Off road for two cars. Heating: Electric. Pets: Pets by arrangement and should be kept downstairs at all times.

Appletree Cottage, Dunwich, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £387 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Dunwich sleeps 6.

Features include: Short breaks • Pets allowed • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub •

Accommodation overview: A traditional Suffolk cottage situated in Dunwich within minutes of the village and sea Dunwich is an unspoilt coastal village with a mainly shingle beach. The Ship Inn serves good meals as does the Beach Cafe which is well known for its fish and chips - enjoyed best on the beach. Dunwich adjoins Dingle Marshes Nature Reserve, Dunwich Heath (cliff top is National Trust owned) and Minsmere RSPB is only three miles by foot. Southwold and Aldeburgh are both ten miles away. Trains and buses can be found four miles away at Darsham.Apple Tree Cottage is a traditional Suffolk cottage situated in a wooded valley accessed by a long, narrow unsurfaced lane. The cottage is simply furnished and is ideal for exploring all that the Suffolk Heritage Coast has to offer. It can be booked together with Walnut Tree Cottage to make accommodation for twelve people in total. Shop: 2 miles Pub: 600 yards. GROUND FLOOR Sitting Room: TV, DVD player and open fire. Kitchen/Diner: Electric cooker, fridge, microwave, washing machine, table and chairs. Winding stairs leading to.... FIRST FLOOR Bedroom 1: Double bed. Bedroom 2: Twin beds. Bedroom 3: 2' 6'' twin beds. Bathroom: Bath, washbasin and wc. Garden: Rear garden with furniture. Parking: Ample. Heating: Electric storage heaters. Pets: Two dogs permitted.

Church Meadow Cottage, Trimingham, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £407 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Trimingham sleeps 6.

Features include: Short breaks • Detached • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub •

Accommodation overview: Church Meadow Cottage is an attractively furnished detached house 500 yards from the coast.

The quiet village of Trimingham is situated in an enviable position on the coast between Cromer and Mundesley. It is ideal for those wishing to be in a central location for the seaside resorts, whilst enjoying a village location. The expansive sandy beach is accessible locally by a one-mile drive. Woodlands Leisure Park in the village has a clubhouse and swimming pool, which are open to non-residents and there are further facilities available in Mundesley, two miles, and Cromer, four miles away.

Church Meadow Cottage is a spacious, brick and flint detached house just over 500 yards from the coast, with sea views from the rear bedroom. It has an attractively furnished and well-equipped interior which provides a home-from-home atmosphere. Shop: 2 miles Pub (Clubhouse): 500 yards.

Ground Floor:
Sitting Room attractively furnished with comfortable seating, TV with Freeview, DVD player, CD hi-fi and wood burner
Dining Room with dining table and chairs
Kitchen with electric cooker, fridge, freezer, microwave, washing machine and tumble dryer
Conservatory with comfortable seating
Cloakroom with washbasin and w.c.

First Floor:
Bedroom 1 with a double bed and En-Suite Shower Room with shower, washbasin and wc.
Bedroom 2 with a double bed
Bedroom 3 with twin beds
Bathroom with bath, over-bath shower, washbasin and wc

Garden: Fully enclosed rear lawned garden with patio, garden furniture, barbecue, swing and slide.
Parking: For four cars.
Heating: O.F.C.H.
Also Provided: Books and games.
Pets: Although no pets are allowed at the property the owner's pet occasionally visits.

Annie's House, Thorpeness, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 7
Weekly prices from £389 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Thorpeness sleeps 7.

Features include: Short breaks • Pets allowed • Internet or WiFI Access • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub • Near Golf •

Accommodation overview: Annie's House is light and spacious with a homely feel. Just a mile north of Aldeburgh is this fascinating seaside village, built in the 1920s by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, an architect, barrister and playwright. The mock Tudor style of building is now the hallmark of Thorpeness, where the amenities include the Dolphin Inn, the Thorpeness Hotel with its 18-hole golf club, a country club with tennis courts and the Meare - a large shallow boating lake with tearooms nearby. The beaches are mainly sandy and behind the village is a myriad of footpaths over heath and common land. Annie's House is a modern home, situated in a lovely setting opposite Thorpeness church. It has light and spacious rooms, yet with a very homely feel. A short stroll down the lane in one direction will bring you to the beach and in the other direction you will reach Thorpeness Meare. The property also offers wireless broadband. Shop: 120 yards Pub: 120 yards. GROUND FLOOR Kitchen/Dining Room: Electric cooker, gas hob, fridge, microwave, dishwasher, table and chairs. Sitting Room: TV, DVD, open fire, doors leading to the Garden Room: Table and chairs. Cloakroom: Washbasin and wc. FIRST FLOOR Bedroom 1: Double bed. Bedroom 2: Bunk beds, plus a pull-out bed, ideal for children (black-out curtains also provided).Bedroom 3: Twin beds. Bathroom: Bath, over bath shower, washbasin and wc. Garden: Fully enclosed rear garden with patio furniture. Garage: Fridge freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, Butler's sink and clothes drying area (suitable for locking bikes). Parking: Off-road for three cars. Heating: Gas heating and open fire. Notes: Telephone for incoming calls, stair gate, books, games and bicycles, wireless broadband all provided. The stairs have a hand-rail each side, making them very easy to climb. One dog welcome with permission, but please note that dogs are not permitted on some sections of the beach during the summer months.

Tinkers Cottage, Saxmundham, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from £284 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Saxmundham sleeps 5.

Features include: Short breaks • Pets allowed • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub •

Accommodation overview: Close to the sea, forest and heaths. Tinkers cottage is also close to a good pub at Dunwich. Dunwich is an unspoilt coastal village with a mainly shingle beach. The Ship Inn serves good meals as does the Beach Cafe which is well known for its fish and chips - enjoyed best on the beach. Dunwich adjoins Dingle Marshes Nature Reserve, Dunwich Heath (cliff top is National Trust owned) and Minsmere RSPB is only three miles by foot. Southwold and Aldeburgh are both ten miles away. Trains and buses can be found four miles away at Darsham. Tinker's Cottage is only 300 yards from the beach and has excellent walks from the doorstep. Close to the centre of the village, it has splendid views from the front windows across Walberswick Bay to Southwold. Shop: 2 miles Pub: 100 yards. Ground Floor: Sitting/Dining Room with TV, DVD player, music centre/CD player, large inglenook fireplace, dining table and chairs, Kitchen with electric cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer and washing machine, door to garden Bathroom with bath, over-bath shower, washbasin and w.c. Steep and winding cottage stairs to First Floor: Bedroom 1 with a double bed which leads to Bedroom 2 with a single bed and also stair access to Second Floor: Bedroom 3 with twin beds and exposed roof timbers Garden: Fully enclosed rear garden with furniture. Parking: Roadside. Heating: Central heating and open fire. Also Provided: Towels. Bike storage.

Micawbers, Leiston, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £424 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Leiston sleeps 6.

Features include: Short breaks • Internet or WiFI Access • Detached • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach • Close to a Pub • Near Golf •

Accommodation overview: Micawbers is a detached architect designed house situated in the centre of this pretty village. Just a mile north of Aldeburgh is this fascinating seaside village, built in the 1920s by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, an architect, barrister and playwright. The mock Tudor style of building is now the hallmark of Thorpeness, where the amenities include the Dolphin Inn, the Thorpeness Hotel with its 18-hole golf club, a country club with tennis courts and the Mere - a large shallow boating lake with tearooms. The beaches are mainly sandy and behind the village is a myriad of footpaths over heath and common land. Micawbers is a detached architect-designed house situated in the centre of this pretty village. The property is close to all the village amenities, yet its location is a lovely quiet spot opposite the tennis courts, which belong to the Thorpeness Country Club. The property has a lovely private and secluded garden, perfect for a relaxing holiday and is also only a five minute walk to the beach. Shop: 1 mile Pub: 1 mile.Ground Floor: Sitting Room with TV, DVD player, video, a wood burner and French windows leading onto the veranda Kitchen/Dining Room with electric oven and hob, fridge/freezer, microwave, dishwasher, table and chairs Utility Room/Shower Room with washing machine, tumble dryer, shower, washbasin and w.c. Separate Annexe with a double sofa bed, shower, washbasin and w.c. First Floor: Bedroom 1 with a king-size bed, dressing table, vanity unit and built-in wardrobes Bedroom 2 with twin beds, dressing table and built-in wardrobes Bathroom with bath, over-bath shower, washbasin and w.c. Garden: Enclosed rear garden with mature trees and shrubs, barbecue and veranda with table and chairs. Parking: Off-road for one car plus room in the garage for a second car. Heating: Wood burner and central heating. Also Provided: Travel cot, books, games and a payphone.

Bridge House, Thornage, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £390 to £ 0

Self catering accommodation in Thornage sleeps 6.

Features include: Short breaks • Garden • Open Fire or Woodburning Stove • Close to the Beach •

Accommodation overview: Bridge House is a beautiful 17th Century thatched cottage bordering the Glaven river. It oozes character with exposed beams, timber latch doors and a large kitchen.

Thornage and Little Thornage are neighbouring villages located in the Glaven Valley, one of the most attractive areas of rural North Norfolk. The area is ideal for walking and cycling and just a ten-minute drive from the coastal villages of Blakeney and Cley. Cley Marshes is recognised as one of the UK's premier bird-watching sites. The Georgian town of Holt is just two miles away and offers good quality shops, art galleries and eating places and Holt Country Park, where you can enjoy way marked walks and nature trails. There are two pubs in the neighbouring villages of Hunworth and Letheringsett, which serve good food.

Bridge House is a beautiful 17th Century thatched cottage bordering the Glaven river. It oozes character with exposed beams, timber latch doors and a large kitchen with a table to gather round and a pretty cottage garden with a stream. Pub: 2.3 miles Shop: 3 miles

Ground Floor:
Kitchen with electric cooker, fridge with ice box, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer, table and chairs
Small Sitting Room with comfortable seating and feature fire place
Main Sitting Room with comfortable seating, flat screen TV, DVD player and wood burner
Bathroom with bath with hand-held shower, washbasin and wc
Shower Room with shower cubicle, washbasin and wc
Bedroom 1 with a double bed

First Floor:
Bedroom 2 stairs opening directly into room with single bed, leading into
Bedroom 3 with cabin-style single bed, leading into
Bedroom 4 with a double bed

Garden: Lawn, bordered by unfenced stream, patio and decked areas, table, chairs and barbecue.
Parking: One vehicle on drive - room for further parking on village green opposite property.
Heating: O.F.C.H.
Also Provided: Books and games.
Pets: Whilst no pets are allowed at the property the owner's dog occasionally visits.
Notes: The property has steep stairs with a Norfolk twist, which may make it unsuitable for guests with mobility restrictions and young children. Shared access to property; Care should be taken with children at all times as there is an unfenced stream in the garden. Property may be more suitable for families due to layout of first floor bedrooms as all three bedrooms lead off each other.