Wild Plum Escapes

28/10/2024

All hands on deck this morning to replant Barleyhill wood which was damaged in Storm Arwen 🌲

01/09/2024

Such wonderful news to read in the Dovecot guest book this morning ❤️ congratulations to Alex & Ellie 💍 🥂 we look forward to welcoming the 3 of you back in the future ☺️

19/08/2024

The Dovecot seems to be quite popular at the minute, a perfect place to escape from ‘normal day to day life’. Our lovely recent departed guests have left a few wee notes in our guest book 🤩 a lot of people enjoy watching the cows grazing or being curious up at the fence ☺️

26/07/2024

Crookham Eastfield Farmhouse

Set in a village on the River Till in the north of Northumberland, Crookham Eastfield is a spacious retreat where you can revel in true rural seclusion. Enter through the gabled doorway into the inner hall, accented by a beautiful curved window and archway. On your left lies the forest-green drawing room. Choose between plump sofas warmed by a wood burner framed in neoclassical marble, or the romantic seat in the bay window which overlooks the garden. Returning to the hall you’ll find the formal dining room, with seating for up to 14 guests around its large wooden table, while tucked away at the rear of the house is a cosy snug with golden walls and a well-stocked bookcase – the ideal setting for card games and warming digestifs after dinner.

At the heart of the home is the country kitchen, with an AGA, island, and welcoming farmhouse table for informal dining. Expansive sash windows fill the room with natural light, making it a particularly lovely spot to gather for a leisurely breakfast in the morning. Also on the ground floor you’ll find a spacious and thoughtfully designed boot room where you can store outdoor gear, with its own separate door leading from the front garden so you can attend to boots and paws after muddy country walks.

Up the wooden staircase to the first floor you’ll discover all five bedrooms, each styled with their own soothing colour palettes and botanical textiles. The generously proportioned master bedroom features a super king size bed and an ensuite bathroom with a large walk-in shower and bath. Floral and avian motifs abound in the artworks and fabrics of this room, sourced from the Inchyra Sutton Collection and based upon an 18th century print. The second bedroom is decorated with cream walls and pink floral curtains, while the third is styled with an original Pierre Frey fabric, re-purposed from a French château. These bedrooms share a bathroom, clad in blue tiles and fitted with a roomy shower and bath.

The fourth bedroom continues the botanical theme in its hummingbird fabrics and also benefits from its own en suite bathroom. Through its own ante room lies the fifth bedroom, decorated in soothing green and boasting a king size bed and en suite shower room. Every bedroom enjoys stunning views out across the rolling fields which surround the house, rendering each a peaceful haven in which to retire after days spent out exploring or simply unwinding within the grounds.

The house is encompassed by verdant gardens, with a picnic bench settled beneath that weeping willow to the front and an expansive enclosed lawn to the rear. Dogs and children will love having such ample space in which to play, while it makes for an equally idyllic place for your whole party to socialise on sunny days.

20% Launch discount on all stays between 29th June to 31st August 2024 (3 night stay minimum).

11/06/2024

Something a little different ☺️ A last minute chance to be able to get into a glider from Milfield gliding club on Sunday. Heading up over the college valley and got spectacular views for miles. I was very lucky to be able to catch a snap of Housedon Haugh and the other Reedsford cottages, Ford Castle and village and also all the way out to the coast with Holy Island in the distance

23/05/2024

Brilliant write up in The Scotsman by our recently departed guest from the Dovecot. Head over to read the article 🤩

https://www.scotsman.com/travel/what-happened-when-i-stayed-the-night-in-a-northumberland-doocot-4638800?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZZC_bmBgX_oTSJhx37J2D7uNZM2IElhJyOjoMWEb5qYj1IeNrk7pvNxcM_aem_Accc1-pxw93oEyzqJht6tzP_ELJ9P3IL3wh991H6axkFI_qtWHXZRAXzQilt4uJYECUS7CzTZA8SJ5HE6YqvFABo

13/05/2024

Thrilled to have The Dovecot mentioned in The Times and The Sunday Times 🤩 read the article here

A riverside cottage in Pembrokeshire, a private-island retreat in the Highlands and a Georgian pile in the Midlands — these are our picks for this year

19/04/2024

A sneak peek of Crookham Eastfield Farmhouse 🤩 looking forward to this coming onto our portfolio. Absolutely love the AGA

02/04/2024

🐣 🐰 sweet pictures left from our Housedon Haugh guests from the Easter weekend 🥰 and also lovely feedback in visitors book ☺️

08/03/2024

Barleyhill has had a few ‘tweaks’ and a freshen up over the last few weeks ☺️ new carpets in both bedrooms, full cottage paint and a NEW boot room🤩

06/01/2024

The Dovecot is now live and ready for bookings ☺️

24/12/2023

🎄🎅🏼🥂 Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🥂🎅🏼🎄