This beautiful period property dates back to the Strode-Barrington family who lived here in the 16th century. It has been recently renovated to offer modern amenities in comfortable historic surroundings. The drawing room offers a large socialising space with deep comfortable sofas, a games table, bar and additional seating. There are a selection of board games, a games console, Netflix and other streaming services alongside the wireless broadband. The bedrooms offer plenty of accommodation for up to 20 guests (2 additional guests can be accommodated on request on a sofa bed) with 7 bedrooms, most boasting ensuite bathrooms. The bedrooms offer such features as four poster beds, pearl inlay woodwork, intricate carved headboards and a log burner. The dining room offers seating around the large dining table with plenty of crockery and glassware for all. The kitchen has an American style fridge freezer, a separate free standing drinks fridge, a dishwasher and electric cooker all fitted around the worktop manufactured from recycled glass bottles.  The 6 bathrooms have been recently updated with beautiful Calacatta marble and limestone alongside new fittings. The leisure facilities offer something for everyone. Whether it be the large premium hot tub with jets, fountains and waterfalls, or the games room with something for all ages. This property offers the perfect place to celebrate with your friends and family.
About this space
Open the main front door into a stunning spacious hallway to access to all of the ground floor rooms. Featuring 7 bedrooms, kitchen with large fridges and dishwasher, dining room with large dining table and drawing room for entertaining, this has everything you would need for your country escape. In addition it has a lounge, games room and premium hot tub to offer comfort and enjoyment for all.
The drawing room is a generous 32m squared and offers a fireplace and beautiful large windows. The bedrooms feature tall ceilings, original features and beautiful furniture. The dining room has a large farmhouse dining table. The kitchen boasts an American style fridge and freezer, a separate drinks fridge, a dishwasher and electric oven.
The lounge is large and light, features an original fireplace and can be used as one of the bedrooms if required. The games room offers a good selection of games in addition to the games console and board games available in the drawing room. The garden is large and offers space for outdoor games to keep all of the family entertained.
The property is for your exclusive and private use during your stay.
Guest Access
You have your own private entrance which allows 24 hour check-in, we leave the key in a lock box (code supplied via email).
Interaction with Guests
We are available via call/text. We like to give our guests as much privacy as they like, therefore the keys are left in a secure location so you can check-in and check-out whenever you wish.
The Neighbourhood
Downside is located between Wells, the smallest city in England and the charming historic market town of Frome. There is a huge array of local activities including Wookey Hole, Cheddar Gorge caves, Longleat Safari Park, museums, water based activities and much more. Wells is just over 10 mins away and has a huge amount to offer for any group of friends of family. Bath is around 25 minutes from the property (subject to traffic) and has an array of cultural sights and vibrant nightlife. Frome is 20 minutes away and offers access to a great selection of eateries, markets, parks, walled gardens and old cobbled streets.
Details
- Guests: 20
- Amenities: Bath, BBQ grill, Bed linen, Bluetooth sound system, Board games, Cable TV, Coffee maker, Dedicated workspace, Dining table, Dishes and silverware, Dishwasher, First aid kit, Free driveway parking on premises, Free Wifi, Freezer, Games console, Garden or backyard, Heating, High Chair, Hot tub, Indoor fireplace, Iron, Kettle, Keypad Check yourself in to the home with a door code, Lockbox, Microwave, Outdoor dining area, Outdoor furniture, Outdoor seating area, Oven, Pool table, Private entrance Separate street or building entrance, Private garden or backyard, Sound system, Toaster, Travel cot, TV, Washing machine
- View: Countryside
- Size: 5000ft²
- Bed Type: King double
- Categories: South West
- Hot tub: Yes
- Beds: 14
- Bedrooms: 7
- Guests: 20
- Smoking permitted: No
- Suitable for infants: Yes
- Pet free: Pets not permitted
- Cancellation policy: Flexible
- Accommodation type: Entire place
- Enhanced clean: Yes
Price starts at: £1,332 for 2 nights
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Rated 5 out of 5.
Had a lovely time staying at this property for a family trip with 7 adults and 3 children as part of our annual visit to Longleat and the Festival of Light. During our stay a red w… Read more
Had a lovely time staying at this property for a family trip with 7 adults and 3 children as part of our annual visit to Longleat and the Festival of Light. During our stay a red weather warning was issued and the host quickly contacted us to offer late checkout. The house is very big, clean with plenty of modern amenities in a very old house. Plenty of crockery and kitchen equipment. Very detailed instructions received before our stay which made check in easy. The children loved the access to the games room and all the board games in the cosy lounge.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Our large group of 13 enjoyed our Christmas stay at Eleanor’s house. Seven really comfortable bedrooms, six modern bathrooms and two kitchens for easy food prep. The hosts were ver… Read more
Our large group of 13 enjoyed our Christmas stay at Eleanor’s house. Seven really comfortable bedrooms, six modern bathrooms and two kitchens for easy food prep. The hosts were very responsive to one small enquiry which was dealt with quickly. The hot tub was a great addition.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Was perfect for what we needed.
Rated 4 out of 5.
Great stay, lovely big rooms and communal areas. Bathrooms are especially fab.
Hot tub was cold on arrival and as the cut off was 9pm that was a shame as we couldn’t use it and we… Read more
Great stay, lovely big rooms and communal areas. Bathrooms are especially fab.
Hot tub was cold on arrival and as the cut off was 9pm that was a shame as we couldn’t use it and we only had one night at the house as second night we were at a wedding. But they offered a solution the following day to extend hours which we appreciated regardless. And they were able to extend the hot water hours for us too. Overall would definitely recommend and had a great time!
Rated 5 out of 5.
The house was perfect for our 60th birthday celebration with extended family.
The rooms were spacious and plenty of room for everyone and some off the beds were a elegant touch.
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The house was perfect for our 60th birthday celebration with extended family.
The rooms were spacious and plenty of room for everyone and some off the beds were a elegant touch.
The catering facilities were excellent, plenty off crockery and glasses and a bonus extra smaller kitchen helped.
Hot tub was lovely, though I think the cut off time, 9 pm is a bit early.
The same for the pool table and darts room which are located outside.
These are games that I feel many people would love to play after dinner, later at night and being located in a out building was not the best setting with the bad weather we had.
However, a very nice touch with the card/ game table and library in the elegant drawing room upstairs.
Some family members did say the road noise was quite loud and consistent throughout the night.
Maybe extra secondary glazing could help with this.
Overall we all had a fantastic stay and loved the house and gardens.
Thank you for our wonderful stay.
Rated 4 out of 5.
Gathered with 12 friends for a joint bday weekend.
The house itself is nice. There’s space for 5 cars. Hot tub was a great addition – although you can only use it till 9pm. … Read more
Gathered with 12 friends for a joint bday weekend.
The house itself is nice. There’s space for 5 cars. Hot tub was a great addition – although you can only use it till 9pm. Great communal areas – with large dining room and comfortable lounge area. A bonus was all the bathrooms in the house and two kitchen areas for a large group was also good. There’s a large drinks/wine fridge and large freezer space for storing bags of ice. We had requested to use the bbq ahead of our stay and were left disappointed when the gas ran out part way through cooking. While there was a lot of information and guides about the house there was no information about where a spare canister was so we finished the cooking inside. The town was a short walk or drive away and a bus runs for those who don’t want to walk up the hill on the way back.
Rated 4 out of 5.
Topside House is massive and well suited to adult groups but less so for families with young children. We stayed with 4 children aged 18 months to 8 years old. We felt that it shou… Read more
Topside House is massive and well suited to adult groups but less so for families with young children. We stayed with 4 children aged 18 months to 8 years old. We felt that it should be listed with an advisory as to the suitability of staying with children under 5. The pictures made the property look much more luxurious than it is in reality. It is in places tired and there was lack of attention to detail with the cleanliness of the crockery, glasses and cutlery.
The beds were clean and comfortable as were the bathrooms. The location is right on a very busy junction which is not made clear in the description.
The hot tub was excellent as were the other entertainment facilities.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Was perfect for what we needed
Rated 5 out of 5.
Lovely house, very big with comfy beds and lots to do!
I will say its not clear this house is on a very busy main road, so it was quite loud when trying to sleep.
Unfortunately w… Read more
Lovely house, very big with comfy beds and lots to do!
I will say its not clear this house is on a very busy main road, so it was quite loud when trying to sleep.
Unfortunately we did have a few cleaning issues assuming from the previous guests, every bin was full, sticky work surfaces and dining table but we just cleaned up and carried on!
Overall we had a lovely weekend and the house was really fun to stay at.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Beautiful home excellent hosts – thank you !