Built for sixteen people who want to be together, and occasionally alone.
Tormead House is a period family home on seven acres, air conditioned through the ground floor, with the bedrooms spread across it rather than stacked along one corridor, so couples, grandparents and teenagers each get a part that feels like theirs.
Sleeping
Six bedrooms, nine beds and three and a half bathrooms, for up to sixteen guests. Cots and extra beds by arrangement.
Kitchen
One big kitchen built to be cooked in by several people at once, with a dining table that seats everyone without a second sitting.
Sitting rooms
Three reception rooms, deliberately. Somewhere for the film, somewhere for the conversation that is not about the film, and somewhere quiet.
Air conditioning
Through the whole ground floor and three of the bedrooms. Rare in a Cotswold house of this age, and the reason August is comfortable rather than endured.
Working
Full-fibre broadband and a quiet room with a door, for the mornings that cannot quite be given up.
Someone on hand
A manager lives on the premises. Beds made and fires laid before you arrive, and a person to ask for the rest of the week.
Gym and bar
A private gym, and a proper bar with glassware and ice. Both open whenever you are.
Outside
Terrace for long lunches, lawn for games, and a fire pit for the part of the evening nobody wants to end.
In their words
Five things guests say that we would rather not say ourselves.
Verified reviews, 4.95 from 128 stays.
Having air conditioning in three bedrooms as well as the living room was an absolute lifesaver during the summer months and is something that’s very rare to find in houses.
The location is ideal, just a short walk into Tetbury with lots of lovely shops and cafés.
The pool was the highlight of our holiday. Our whole family spent hours enjoying it every day, and it made our trip so special.
His home was wonderfully air-conditioned — a welcome relief from the recent UK heat — and every morning he greeted us with a bright smile that made us feel right at home.
We had an absolutely fantastic time for my wife’s 30th birthday … everything we could ask for in such a picturesque part of the UK.
Practical
The answers people ask for before they book.
- Check in / out
- From 4pm, out by 10amEarlier arrival is usually possible — ask when you book.
- Looking after you
- A manager lives on siteWhich is why the check-in goes smoothly and why nothing takes three days to fix. Discreet by default; there when you need something.
- Parking
- Free, on site, several cars
- On foot
- Tetbury, across the fieldsAntiques, restaurants, pubs and the Wednesday and Saturday markets, all reachable without a car. Guests mention the walk more often than they mention the pool.
- By train
- Kemble station, ten minutes awayDirect to London Paddington in a little over an hour, hourly. Transfers can be arranged from the platform.
- By private aircraft
- Cotswold Airport at Kemble, ten minutesA private airfield, not a commercial one — private aviation only, no scheduled services, no terminal to walk through. Handling can be arranged. Bristol is the nearest commercial airport if guests are flying scheduled.
- Broadband
- Full fibre throughoutFast enough for calls from more than one room at once.
- Children
- WelcomeCots, high chairs and stair gates on request. The pool is unfenced and needs supervision.
- Air conditioning
- Ground floor throughout, and three bedroomsRare in a house of this period, and the reason it stays comfortable through a heatwave.
- Dogs
- No petsWe are asked often, and the answer is the same for everyone.
- Accessibility
- Part of the house is on one levelTell us what you need and we will tell you honestly whether it works.
- Events
- Private celebrations, yesMilestone birthdays and family gatherings are what the house is for. Weddings and amplified music by prior agreement. No stag parties.
- Smoking
- Outside only