Tamarisk Farm Cottages

Jurassic Coast - 3 and 4 Star Holiday Cottages on a organic farm of about 600 acres sloping down to the sea to Chesil Beach in Lyme Bay. All cottages have views to the sea, and 2 cottages are suitable for disabled visitors. Pets and Children welcome.

GRANARY LODGE 3 bed small bungalow - sleeps 6 :
Granary Lodge is a Purbeck-stone built bungalow, just modernised throughout to provide additional space and comfort. It lies at the heart of the village, next to a 300 year-old granary, barns, and the old manor house (now the Manor House, featured on TV's 'Risking it All'). The property is walled on all sides providing seclusion and privacy. A 'court-yard' space to the front allows ample off-street parking, right up to the front door. The sea is a five-minute walk down the road. The best views are from the rear, looking southwest across Lyme Bay. The conservatory opens onto wooden decking, ideal for outdoor living, which has views across paddocks, woodland and open farmland, to the sea.
There are three bedrooms, with a kingsize bed (5ft) in the master bed- room, a double bunk bed (4ft lower and 3ft upper) in the red bedroom, and twin beds in the green bedroom. With a double sofa-bed in the sitting room and a z-bed there is flexibility to sleep more.
The lounge, dining room and conservatory are inter-connected, covering a total area of over 600 square feet. The bathroom is a shared family/en-suite, with toilet, bath and wet-room style shower, and full disability accessories. The kitchen is fully equipped, including a dish washer. It is furnished with a small breakfast table, providing a dining alternative for small groups.
Granary Lodge provides ideal holiday accommodation for a large family or sharing families and friends. It is all on one level, including the front terrace and back decking areas, which substantially increase the living/dining possibilities when the weather allows. The continuous, level living space makes it suitable for the elderly, wheel-chair users or other disabled people. The front door has a concrete ramp, and the side and back doors have removable ramps. The cottage has easily adjusted, modern central heating included in the price. A heated swim spa pool is available at £65/week.

MIMOSA 2 bed bungalow - sleeps 4 – (4 star), Disabled Category 1/M3:
Mimosa is a spacious comfortable cottage in the same garden as the Fossil and the Cross and Whispering Pines. Everything is on one level. It is double-glazed, insulated and tiled with under floor heating, thermostatically controlled throughout with an open fire in the sitting room.
The conservatory is an extension of the sitting room and the two bedrooms. Views from the sitting room are over the sea to the south, and there is a separate stone summer house with views to the west over Golden Cap. Some of the patio surrounding the house is fenced and quite private.
Everything is suitable for wheelchair users, including a height adjustable 4-ring hob and sink, lever taps, etc. Of the two bathrooms, one is en-suite to both bedrooms and has a drivein shower with a strong folding seat and a shower chair; and the other bathroom has a sitting board and a low washing seat for the bath. An elevating bath seat is available. One toilet has wheelchair access from the left and the other from the right.
The conservatory has a Jaybee sofa- bed, which opens easily to become a double bed. There are four futons which, all piled together make a footrest or can be used as children’s mattresses on the floor. The three piece suite stands fairly high. All the furniture can be moved easily. All decorating was with allergenfree, non-solvent paint, there is a chlorine water filter and the oil boiler is outside; therefore, asthmatics, ME sufferers and chemically-sensitive people may be OK here. There is no extra charge for heating.

THE MOAT 3 Star: 3 bed bungalow - sleeps 5+1:
The Moat is in the centre of Bexington at the corner of the road, facing onto the tiny village green. It looks straight down the village road past the 17th century barns towards the sea four hundred metres away. To the right is Tamarisk Farm's organic market garden, with a view round Lyme Bay beyond.
The front garden is planted with shrubs and roses around a lawn and is surrounded by a low wall built of stone. The back garden is fully fenced, with shrubs, trees and lawn extending beyond the garage up the slope, beside the old farm track which was the only access to the farm before the village was built.
The cottage is all on one level but with three steps to the large porch sheltering the front door. The sitting room has an open fire. There are three bedrooms: one double-bedded, facing east; one twin bedded (plus a child's small bed); and one single.
There are six electric storage heaters. Electricity is charged at cost by reading the meter at the beginning and the end of your stay.

WHISPERING PINES 2 bed small bungalow - sleeps 5 (3 Star):
Situated in Tamarisk Wayside Garden, an area of almost two acres tucked into our upper fields and fully fenced, these two cottages overlook the village roof tops down the slope of our farm to the sea. Our private car park is fifty metres from the road and fifty metres from the cottages. This means that the garden is peaceful and quiet, and small children can play safely, but that the cottages are not suitable for those who find walking up a slope difficult. They are about 800 metres from the sea. Both have superb coastal views.
Whispering Pines is a cottage bungalow of local stone, well proportioned and very comfortable, insulated throughout, with big double glazed windows on every side to give you all the views. The front faces south west with a large French window opening onto the open patio and large lawn. One bedroom is double, the other has one single and two bunk beds. Heating is by a radiant oil-fired stove which runs four radiators and the hot water cylinder. There is a £1 meter for electricity and £25 per week for oil.

THE FOSSILL & THE CROSS 2 bed small bungalow - sleeps 4 (3 Star):
Situated in Tamarisk Wayside Garden, an area of almost two acres tucked into our upper fields and fully fenced, these two cottages overlook the village roof tops down the slope of our farm to the sea. Our private car park is fifty metres from the road and fifty metres from the cottages. This means that the garden is peaceful and quiet, and small children can play safely, but that the cottages are not suitable for those who find walking up a slope difficult. They are about 800 metres from the sea. Both have superb coastal views.
The Fossil & the Cross is on the same plan as Whispering Pines, except that it faces due south, its double- bedded room is the larger of the two bedrooms and the smaller one has a 3 'bed with another, stored underneath, which can be pulled out when required. It has an extra french window and open patio with magnificent views west over the sea. It stands alone in its part of the garden. The cottage feel quite roomy. Heating is by a radiant oil-fired stove which runs four radiators and the hot water cylinder. There is a £1 meter for electricity and £25 per week for oil.

EWELEAZE:
This chalet, built of local stone, lies, in spite of its close proximity to the sea, in a well protected spot in the middle of our farm. The lawn is very suitable for meals and sheltered sun-bathing in good weather. It is skirted by apple trees (a picture of blossom in the spring and producing good apples to eat in the autumn), flowering shrubs and various young and older evergreen and deciduous trees.
The accommodation comprises a kitchen/ sitting/ dining room, bathroom (with washbasin, toilet and bath with a shower attachment) and two bedrooms; one with a double bed, the other with two sets of bunks, one adult (3 feet) and the other child sized. It has a wood stove (which also heats hot water), a halogen and a fan heater, and two night storage heaters.
We supply bed linen, towels and tea towels. The electricity meter takes £1 coins. The back door opens into a barn with space for a car and opportunities for wet weather activities for children. Eweleaze is for enjoying an out-of-the-way holiday . It is designed to be comfortable, but is not smart.

WASHING POOLS:
Washingpools stands, hidden behind trees, a stream and an old stone wall fifty metres south of Eweleaze, on the edge of a field with an open view of the sea.
This small stone-built building is entirely refurbished inside. The main room is centred on the two windows which look over the fields to the sea, or the television or an efficient little wood-stove in the winter. Heating is basically under floor, but there is also a halogen heater, a fan heater, a night store heater in the bedroom and a heated towel rail!
The full kitchen (electric stove, sink, washing machine and fridge is on the north west wall. Cutlery and crockery for four and usual kitchen utensils are provided. There is one Small bedroom (120 cms wide bed) with duvet etc. and linen provided. The bathroom has a roll-in shower, basin and toilet. The electricity meter takes £1 coins.

Address : Tamarisk Farm Cottages Beach Road, West Bexington, Dorchester

Zip / Postal code : DT2 9DF