Rooms

The barn has four double bedrooms on the first floor. The owners have arranged these for maximum flexibility: each can be a twin on request, and the three largest come with superking beds, plus space for an extra bed in each if needed. There are two bathrooms - one with walk-in shower, one with a bathtub – but no ensuites.

The Master Teal Bedroom has a delightful arched stone mullion window facing the lovely garden, as well as built-in wardrobes with mirrored doors. Spacious Sage Green Bedroom is two steps down, and overlooks the back garden and courtyard below. This is adjacent to the main bathroom which comes with a tub.

The Sky Blue Bedroom has a wardrobe enclave, while the bright Yellow Bedroom, the smallest, has wall hooks instead of the chest of drawers seen in all the other rooms. The second bathroom next door has a large walk-in shower.

All bedrooms have exposed wooden beams and woollen throws, comfy mattresses dressed with Egyptian cotton, useful plug adaptors, and fluffy towels.

Features include:

• WiFi

Eating

The country-style kitchen-diner comes with a plethora of appliances from microwave to Nespresso coffee machine. There's an assortment of crockery, cutlery, glassware and cookware, plus essentials such as foil and clingfilm, tea and coffee, spices and condiments, as well as the bakery selection for booking through i-escape. The table seats 8 comfortably; additional chairs can be squeezed alongside if you're a bigger group. There's a useful pantry area, plus a utility room housing the washing machine and tumble dryer, as well as a butler sink and American-style fridge-freezer.

In the sunny garden is a dining terrace with a large wooden table, additional bistro table, parasol and seating for eleven guests, along with the charcoal barbecue.

If you need a break from cooking, a private chef can be hired for dinner parties and can cater for all dietary requests. Alternatively, the Cotswolds are positively brimming with excellent gastropubs for lunch and dinner, including The Bell in the village, a short stroll away, which is highly recommended. You're given extensive other suggestions as well as lists of food shops and supermarkets once your booking is confirmed. The nearest shop and cafe are in Filkins, a mile away, note that there isn't a shop in the village itself.

Features include:

• Chef on request
• Meal delivery service
• Restaurants nearby

Activities

• Picturesque market towns nearby include Burford, Chipping Norton, Stow-on-the-Wold, Lechlade and Bampton (where Downton Abbey is filmed)
  
• Blenheim Palace, Buscot Park and Westonbirt Arboretum are among the stately homes, manor houses and gardens worth seeing within a half-an-hour drive
  
• Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens, just 8 minutes' drive away, has unexpectedly exotic animals (giraffe, rhino, lions, lemurs) in 160 acres of landscaped parkland
  
• Cirencester boasts a Roman Amphitheatre as well as the UK's oldest open air swimming pool
  
• Further afield, the Cotswolds Country Park near Cirencester has a wide range of activities from angling to horse-riding, plus swimming lakes with watersports

Kids

The barn is great for families. There's a safe enclosed garden to play in, the Snug has table football and a multichannel TV, and the house doesn't feel so dauntingly smart that you worry the whole time about damages.

Best for:

All ages

Family friendly accommodation:

All four bedrooms can be set up as twins on request, the three largest can also take an extra bed or baby cot. Teal and Yellow bedrooms are next door to each other, Sage Green is the most spacious

Distances:

• Airport: 1 hour (Heathrow)
• Hospital: 30 minutes (Swindon)
• Shops: 2 minutes

For more family-friendly places, see our Kids Collection

Location

The barn is in the pretty village of Langford, on the Oxfordshire-Gloucestershire border, close to the historic towns of Burford (Gateway to the Cotswolds), Lechlade and Bampton.

By Car:
It's most easily reached by car - about 1 hr 30 mins from London, Birmingham or Bristol.

By Train:
The nearest stations are Long Hanborough or Charlbury (both 30 mins), with regular services to London Paddington in just over one hour. You can pre-book a taxi from the station to the barn.

By Air
If coming from further afield, Heathrow is the nearest London airport (1 hour 15 mins); Birmingham is also an option (also 1 hr 15 mins).

Detailed directions will be sent to you when you book through i-escape.