5 Guests
3 Beds
2 Bathrooms
Free Parking
Bike Store
Melrose Cottage is located on Station Road in Okehampton. At one end of the road lies Dartmoor, with access (about ten minutes walk away) for hiking, biking and exploring. At the other end of the road (about five minutes walk away) is the centre of Okehampton, boasting numerous pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, supermarkets, a cinema and other amenities.
Melrose Cottage itself is nestled away, set back from the road in a quiet location, with plentiful off-street parking. Secure bike storage is available.
Upstairs is an open-plan living space, with a stunning bright conservatory dining room, a modern, well-equipped kitchen and a living area to relax with a coffee and magazine or watch a bit of telly. A small balcony can be accessed from the living room. The entire space benefits from high ceilings and is awash with natural light.
Downstairs, you have a spacious king size master bedroom, a double bedroom and a single bedroom. There is a larger bathroom with a bath (including shower over the bath), in case you want to have a relaxing soak after your Devon adventures. There is also another, smaller bathroom with a shower.
Melrose Cottage is family friendly. For those with younger children, travel cots, high chairs, stair gate, and plastic cutlery and crockery can be provided.
Unfortunately the property is not suitable for dogs (although we do love them and have our own) – sorry about that.
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We stayed in winter, visiting from Oz to see nearby family. Location was great. Excellent parking for 2 cars is crucial since street parking is very tight in... read more the area.
We were able to cook a full Christmas roast for 8 people with the facilities, though family brought along a few extra kitchen utensils; so the kitchen dining and lounge areas are more than adequate. Paula helpfully increased chairs and plates to accommodate this.
The upside down arrangement is great, with the dining room conservatory area a wonderful idea for increasing the light in the property.
Heating was powerful but with the upside down arrangement it was hard to regulate the bedroom temperature (but we are from Australia and are not accustomed to the cold)!
Wonderful place and will stay again, for future visits.
Hosts live next door and were very friendly helpful and accommodating.
Gillian
Lovely stay, great location with walking distance to all amenities! Clean and homely house we would definitely stay again thank you Paula!
Charlotte
Melrose Cottage is a great modern cottage within easy reach of the town centre. Great base for Dartmoor. Paula was a very welcoming and attentive host. Overall, a great stay!
Iain
Paula's place is just perfect!! A friend and I stayed there whilst we attended a very intense course at the Sculpture School nearby. Paula is a brilliant communicator and right... read more from my initial booking to arrival and checking out, she was always immediately available and highly responsive.
Check-in was super easy and we loved the special touches: flowers, Victoria Sponge, shortbread, milk... Yum! Thanks Paula! Also the kitchen is fully equipped with all the necessities to cook (olive oil, garlic salt, pepper etc.,) which is a rarity nowadays at Airbnbs!
The bedrooms were wonderful: beds were extremely comfortable. Lovely bathrooms... everything was perfect! I highly recommend this wonderful cottage! We will be back. Thank you Paula!
Angela (Min)
We used Paula’s base for a week whilst our daughter was getting married at Ashridge Great Barn up the road at North Tawton.
It was lovely and a home... read more from home and just what we needed. The place is a fantastic upside down house which is just like it is in the photos. However the photo doesn’t quite do justice to the dining room - without a shadow of a doubt my personal favourite room - so bright and airy and just ‘gurt lush’ !
Paula is a wonderful host - really helpful and in the background if you need anything. And has also dotted around the place little QR codes for things around locally to do or visit. Nice little touch 👍
Would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending the place as a base for a small break or holiday.
(And thank you for the little welcome offering Paula - that was a little treat and a lovely touch, thank you!!)
J
My staff stayed here, and loved the place.
Would definitely book again, but unfortunately fully booked.
Hopefully, in the next few weeks, we might get in 😊
Amy
What an amazing place to stay. All the extra special touches made it very homely. Okehampton is a beautiful place with lots to see and do. Would highly recommend Melrose... read more Cottage to everyone.
Tracy
Absolutely amazing stay great touch from Paula with regards to scone jam and cream, plenty of tea and coffee left and all other amenities.
Felt so homely didn’t want... read more to come home beautiful property lovely sitting out on the balcony with a coffee in the morning sun..
Lee
Paula’s place is lovely! Clean, spacious, and bright. The bedrooms are all downstairs along with two bathrooms and the kitchen/living room/dining room are upstairs. Perfect location for walks in... read more the national park and very close to Simmons Park which has lots to do for kids. Easy to walk into Okehampton town centre too. Paula very responsive and helpful. Would definitely recommend!
Rachel
Paula is amazing, and so is Melrose Cottage. She went above and beyond to ensure we had everything we needed. Travelling with 18 month old twins is a challenge, but... read more staying at this cottage made everything so much easier. Thank you so much for everything
Kat
Melrose cottage avoids all my Air B&B pet hates and has all my favourite touches.
The cottage is really spacious and beautifully designed. It is spotless, it felt... read more like we were the first guests to stay there. Lovely quality bedding and towels. It is in a great location, with easy access to the moors.
The house has all the essentials (loo roll, detergents, some toiletries, salt, pepper, oil, herbs and spices) as well as a lovely welcome package of a devon cream team and some fruit. We are a car free family and I really appreciate these little touches, means we don't have to pack the pantry!
It may not be the most private of location, but is certainly one of the classiest places we have ever stayed.
Aoife
We stayed in winter, visiting from Oz to see nearby family. Location was great. Excellent parking for 2 cars is crucial since street parking is very tight in... read more the area.
We were able to cook a full Christmas roast for 8 people with the facilities, though family brought along a few extra kitchen utensils; so the kitchen dining and lounge areas are more than adequate. Paula helpfully increased chairs and plates to accommodate this.
The upside down arrangement is great, with the dining room conservatory area a wonderful idea for increasing the light in the property.
Heating was powerful but with the upside down arrangement it was hard to regulate the bedroom temperature (but we are from Australia and are not accustomed to the cold)!
Wonderful place and will stay again, for future visits.
Hosts live next door and were very friendly helpful and accommodating.
G
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