Rectory Farm Annexe

The annexe was homely, but a little tired in places. The owners clearly think of themselves quite highly which wasn’t reflected in their manners! We returned from a wedding and being pregnant I wasn’t drinking, unfortunately for them they’d forgotten to close their kitchen window. They had guests staying & we overheard their snobby & show off comments “can’t have been a very good wedding, their already home”, “he looked like a peaky blinder, without socks” which was incorrect. My fiancé had socks on & I don’t think a linen jacket & suede brogues are quite the peaky blinder look! Rude, judgmental & ignorant. Could barely look us in the eye in the morning & had the cheek to ask how our stay was, I replied “I think you owe us an apology” the husband admitted they did. They sent a grovelling email after we had left. To say this ruined our weekend was an understatement and we would not return or recommend this as a place to stay.

The accommodation was superb. Beautifully decorated and sumptuous beds. We enjoyed having breakfast overlooking the garden shared with 2 other accommodations! However, we went on a very cold weekend and having travelled 3 hours we were tired and hungry. When we walked in we felt that the heating was NOT at all adequate. The owner did try and put on the electric fire, but he couldn't work it, so left us! We did manage to put it on, but we didn't want to leave the electric fire on while we went out to supper in a very nice pub nearby recommended by the owners. When we came back we simply couldn't get warm and we both had to wear extra clothes on in bed. Not fun! We were very disappointed with breakfast as they had advertised croissants, but we had day old bread in a tin! The icing sadly on the cake was we were rather taken aback at being given only 1 roll of loo paper!! We would never go again and I certainly wouldn't recommend it! A real shame as it is a lovely house with wonderful converted barns, really one of the reasons we went there.