Toad Hall Swilland is a charming 16th century, five bedroom, Grade 2 listed oak-beamed house surrounded by fabulous wild gardens. The dog friendly house, which sleeps up to 10 is located outside the village of Swilland in Suffolk, which is within a two hour drive of London.
Atmospheric and beautiful, Toad Hall lies in the Suffolk countryside. Please enquire if you want other than a Friday to Friday or Friday to Monday stay. This is a truly rural area with lots of farming and little traffic on the narrow lanes.
Set within 2 acres of gardens, this very spacious Grade 2 listed timber framed house, complete with inglenook fireplace, accommodates 10 comfortably in 5 bedrooms. If required there is also a blow up single or double sofa bed, which can be placed in the third reception/games room. Children and well-behaved dog (on ground floor only please) welcome!
The house is well-equipped with all modern conveniences among a wealth of exposed timbers. There is even an original back secondary staircase, which is very quaint. The house is centrally heated and also has a log burning stove in one of the sitting rooms. You should be warned that it is an old house and the staircases, whilst delightful for most they are possibly steeper than you may be used to and may not be suitable for someone with a disability. However, one of the double bedrooms is on the ground floor opposite the shower room (with WC) across the large sitting hallway.
Within the village of Swilland and only a 15 minute walk from the house is a lovely award winning good food pub, which now does take away too! The nearby ancient town of Woodbridge on the River Deben has super antique and book shops as well as swimming pool and bowling alley and the river Deben for boating or walking beside. The area is full of villages with good pubs, sites of interest (we particularly enjoyed Sutton Hoo and Helmingham Hall gardens) and riding, golf, fishing etc and the nearest beaches at Aldeburgh and Hollesley are just a 30 minutes drive, with others all along the coast from Frinton to Walberswick and Southwold.
If bringing a dog to the property, please notify us ahead of arrival. There is an additional charge for dogs at this property. If bringing more than one dog, please check before booking that multiple dogs are accepted.
Summary ‘Glencarron Lodge, Stag Lodge & Toad Hall’ TERMS AND CONDITIONS
You will have a licence to occupy for less than 28 days, for a holiday. Property and period are defined elsewhere.
You, the hirer, will be responsible for all bank or currency transfer charges.
Your cancellation policy will be shown by the platform at the time of booking.
You must supply, confidentially, to the agent/owner before your stay your personal street address, mobile phone number and usual email address or you will not be admitted to the property.
Your damage deposit if you have paid one, will normally be returned within 14 days by bank transfer or via refund onto your payment card, if you paid by card and your booking will be marked complete on the site you booked through providing you pay any electricity or sporting (Glencarron only) or other charges due to the owner and no damage is done.
To these self-catering properties you must bring all consumables including fire lighters but excluding fuel, plus bring cot linen.
At all properties logs, bedlinen, bath towels and Wifi are included. Linen changes above the numbers accommodated will be charged.
At Glencarron Lodge only, electricity is metered and charged at cost price. In a winter week this may be between £400 and £850 depending on the weather and your use. It is less in summer. At all other properties fuel is included.
Any internet service at the property is not guaranteed and you agree not to abuse it and to indemnify the owner in case of claims through your party’s abuse of it (for example, but not limited to, defamation, harassment, pornography etc.). (We currently have starlink at Glencarron Lodge which has proved very reliable in the Highlands).
Check-in 4.00pm. Checkout 9.45am. You must leave the property and its contents clean and tidy, returning any furniture or bedding moved to its original place. Where this condition is not reasonably met you will be charged for extra staff help.
For properties in the Highlands it is a condition of hire that you abide by all the Estate rules, to be sent later, and that you liaise with and obey the Estate keeper regarding where you walk on the Estate in the stalking season (1st July to 15th February);
You, the hirer, will pay to the owner all costs resulting from any breakage or damage at the property caused by you or any member of your party.
The number of persons occupying the property, NIGHT OR DAY, must not exceed that number agreed in advance with the owner. The property is not let for functions.
We clean and maintain the properties carefully. If you find any problems or the property is not as described, you must inform the housekeeper/caretaker or owner as soon as this is apparent so that we may try to rectify the problem.
You must conduct your own risk assessment of the property on arrival, with your party in mind. Please let the owner know immediately of any unacceptable risks. Eg the ponds and Loch provide fun but you should obviously not leave children near them unsupervised.
The owner reserves the right to decline to hand over the property to any persons who, in his or his agent’s opinion, are not suitable to take charge. In such cases, providing the booker has been honest and open about matters relating to their party and suitability to take charge of the property, hire charges shall be refunded and the liability of the owner shall cease.
The owner retains the right for him or his agent to enter the property at any time.
The agreement between the parties including these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit exclusively to the courts of England and Wales.
Circumstances which prevent occupation - Should the property not be available on the dates booked for want of repair to fire or flood or other damage to the property which renders it uninhabitable, all rent, and any charges paid in full by you to us will be refunded in full and you accept that you will have no further claim against us or any of our agents. Should the property not be available on the dates booked for reasons beyond our control, including but not limited to, war, terrorism, earthquakes, hurricanes, acts (or on the advice) of government, plagues or epidemics, travel restrictions, inability to access the property due to bad weather, including floods or flood damage, quarantines, trade embargoes, closed borders or closed buildings, any damage deposit that you have paid will be repaid, but no rent paid by you will be repaid and you accept that you will have no further claim against us or any of our agents. No compensation, expenses, costs or other sums of any description will be payable by the owner. You are advised to take out your own cancellation insurance.
