Large Tudor Barn for Group Getaways on a Family Farm near Milden in Rural Suffolk, England
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From 13th November 2024 to 22nd January 2025
W/e 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 @ £1,600 for 20 guests, extra guests @ £80pp
With the use of adult road bikes and tennis court included. Use of Tudor costumes. Come and enjoy the wonderful Suffolk countryside from our farm trails.
The Tudor Barn is a magnificent Grade II* listed 16th century barn set on a 500 acre family farm amongst the Suffolk Wool Villages and within easy distance of London. This UK accommodation for large groups in Suffolk can sleep up to 24 people and is a fantastic setting for a group gathering of friends or family. Play tennis, wander along woodland and countryside trails, dress up in Tudor costume, or take one of the provided road bikes and explore the local area. This is a great space for all-female groups such as civilised hens, book clubs and yoga groups.
The Tudor barn with adjoining cartlodge provides an atmospheric space and is perfect large group accommodation in Suffolk. It is huge - a great, flexible, space for gathering peacefully, celebrating, feasting, dancing, playing games around the woodburner in winter and in summer playing tennis or croquet in the herb garden or borrowing bikes to explore the area. Families can try some ideas from the family activity pack – build a den, put a meadow in a matchbox, do tree hugging, leaf weaving or pond dipping.
There’s masses to do both on and off the farm. Wander around the farm trails through woods and meadows, picnic by a pond, or borrow the laminated circular walking route leaflets and set off exploring a bit further afield. The barn has its own fleet of 24 adult road bikes for those aged over 16 (weight <15 stone). Serious cyclists and children do please bring your own. You can explore the local villages on routes that take in nature reserves and pubs, or explore the historic Wool Towns and villages with a bike trail quiz. You can go kayaking and paddle boarding on the River Stour, hire rowing boats, shop for antiques or try your hand at shooting, archery or fly fishing. There are National Trust properties nearby, as well as local museums and art galleries. On the farm itself you’ll find ancient barns, brick walls, old farm machinery, ancient flower-rich meadows, arable crops, as well as lambs and piglets at various times of the year - this is an excellent example from our collection of unique stays in Suffolk.
Getting There:
Accessible from Harwich and Stanstead airport.
Easy driving distance to Cambridge (1hr), Bury St Edmunds (30 mins), Norwich (75 mins), Suffolk coast (75 mins).
Please enquire for a good contact for taxis from Heathrow or Gatwick.
Sudbury is the nearest (very small) train station – a 15 minute taxi ride to Milden. For the ‘Lovejoy line’ to Sudbury you must change from the Colchester-Liverpool Street line at Marks Tey. Parking at the station is free.. Colchester is 30+ minutes away by taxi and trains run regularly to and from Liverpool Street. Bury St Edmunds train station (25 mins away) is approached from the Midlands and the North.
Interior Details
This magnificent barn can sleep up to 24+ people in 5 bedrooms. The 24 ‘bedspaces’ are distributed between the cartlodge and the open plan barn. There are four private rooms made up of 2 x ground floor doubles (one with en suite full bathroom, one with ensuite loo and basin), 2 x upstairs twins (one small one accessed through another). Then there’s open plan sleeping in the 30m x 15m main barn in joiner-made oak beds with comfy mattresses - made up of 2 x four posters, 2 x ‘truckle’ doubles, 6 x single box beds and then a further 2 single box beds in the Gallery. There is a modern loo and shower block with 4 showers and 6 loos just across the lawn. The large kitchen seating up to 14+ is in the cartlodge , and the main barn can seat 14-50 guests at oak banquet tables. The large well-equipped kitchen has 21st century facilities and includes a large electric cooker, microwave, large fridge freezer with additional fridge, dishwasher and all the cutlery, crockery and utensils you’re likely to need. Highchairs also available. Barn guests can borrow our 50+ Tudor costumes and tableware and enjoy a Tudor evening - we’ve got menus, quizzes and dancing challenges. Children can delve in the dressing up chest and put on a play. We have Tudor quizzes and music - for you to play on our piano or on CD - so you can dance to madrigals or songs of the tavern! There is also table football, table tennis, and a collection of board games / playing cards. Additional guests can sometimes be accommodated in private bedrooms in the Hall farmhouse adjacent.
Exterior Details
There is a herb garden either side of the barn with picnic tables and a BBQ, where you can enjoy a BBQ and some croquet. There is a hard tennis court (BYO rackets and balls), croquet, badminton, boules and a rough meadow for football and sports day games. 23 adult road bikes are provided, along with some helmets (and a bike trail quiz and some circular bike routes).
Conditions of Rental
Check in from 4pm / check out by 2pm. Flexibility on this by arrangement. Minimum stay 2 nights. Discounts for school and education groups, and green discounts for groups in winter. Catering options are available, enquire for more information. Hen groups are welcome if they are looking for a rural, non rowdy get together and the owners can provide a list of activity ideas. The Tudor Barn is a great setting for groups of artists, writers, photographers who wish to get together - please enquire for more information. There is a separate bunkhouse, 100m down the track - each property has its own facilities but you’re welcome to book this too if you need more space. The owners of the property have worked hard to reduce the property’s carbon footprint where possible - there are solar panels, rainwater saving, they use on-farm sustainably produced resources and recycle / reuse in every aspect of the business. They also offer our guests low carbon-footprint activity ideas and enough road bikes for every guest.
