Kitchen: refrigerator, hobs, oven and / or microwave, toaster, crockery & serving dishes, cutlery, many utensils, fire-extinguisher, lots of pots & pans, glasses & mugs, kettle, coffee maker, teapot, kitchen towels, oven gloves, olive oil & vinegar, salt & pepper, sugar, herbs, etc, etc.
"Welcome Pack": Contains all the freshest ingredients for a generous, 'Proper English breakfast': 6 eggs, a pack of bacon, butter, some tomatoes, fruit, a lemon, a litre of milk and a loaf of fresh local bread.
Bathroom: soap, fluffy cotton towels, bath mats, shaver point.
Bedroom: cotton bed linen, wardrobe with coat hangers / chest of drawers, iron, ironing board, hairdryer.
Living room: If your cottage has an open fire or stove then a basket with firewood and a bucket with coal will be provided free and more will be available at cost and there will be firelighters provided, TV, DVD's, stereo CD system, CD's & tape selection, books, games, magazines, local brochures, maps, folder with tips on walking / cycling routes, best pubs, restaurants, 'what-to-do's and general useful information.
Also Available: Some children's videotapes are available on request
Bikes for adults and children.
Baby cot, high chair.
At the Old Grove Farm I have 2 professional Canadian Canoes for hire with all the necessary equipment, licences and insurance's to enjoy the River Stour.
Families with children and pets welcome
The Grove Cottages holiday cottages have many unique original features like 18th Century Bake ovens and working kitchen ranges, traditional Suffolk Brick floors, wattle and daub walls, 16th Century thatched roofs, massive Inglenook fireplaces, log fires, millstones and exposed beams galore and they are all lovingly restored and period furnished so that they are a joy just to be in.
The Grove Cottages holiday homes are situated in South Suffolk / East Anglia which is less than 2 hours for London or an hour from Cambridge and where the famous English Landscape painter John Constable was born and created such masterpieces as 'The Haywain'.
The Grove Cottages are available all year for weekend and midweek short breaks as well as weekly holidays and the accommodation sleeps from 2 to 6.
We are 4 star rated and provide bikes for our guests to explore the beautiful English countryside.
Please look through our site and you will find out why our guests love it so much here.
Thank you and Happy Hols !
Mark
