Skimming Stones Southwold, Suffolk Reference SKIMM
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£938
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With wonderful views across Buss Creek and a truly stunning interior, Skimming Stones is a beautiful holiday cottage in the Edwardian town of Southwold on the Suffolk Coast.
The owners have created a house with great attention to details, beautifully styled and completely refurbished. The spacious light-filled living space combines kitchen, dining and sitting areas and overlooks a designer landscaped garden; it is the perfect room for relaxing and entertaining.
On the ground floor is a large twin bedroom with seating area and views over the nature reserve to the North.
The whole of the ground floor including the living areas, twin bedroom, family wet room and the garden lower deck is designed for wheelchair access (M2 accessibility level) and is suitable for guests of all ages.
There are three more charming bedrooms designed and decorated to add a touch of luxury to your holiday. Each has an en-suite bath or shower room, along with comfortable beds and great views over the garden or open countryside.
This holiday cottage offers a truly wonderful family holiday experience - with all the delights of Southwold on your doorstep. It is within 10 minutes walk of the High Street and five minutes to the pier, the sandy beach, boating lake and to the nearest of many fine pubs and restaurants.
Accommodation:
Entrance Hall:
On one level from the garden path, door to wet room and twin bedroom.
Cupboard with iron and ironing board, combined washing machine and dryer, water softener.
Living area:
Open plan with views over garden.
Living area comprises:
Kitchen with dishwasher, electric oven and induction hob, microwave, under counter fridge and separate freezer, toaster, kettle and larder/pantry.
Two three-seater sofas and one two-seater sofa.
Refectory style dining table and eight chairs.
Polished concrete flooring with underfloor heating, inset wood burner.
40" TV with Netflix films available, BBC I Player and digital terrestial, Blue Ray/DVD.
Hi-fi system with iPhone/iPad dock.
Folding patio doors opening fully, level access to south facing contemporary oak decked area.
Bedrooms
Ground floor twin bedded room with seating area with two armchairs and large bay window, TV, clock radio.There is a downstairs wet room adjacent to this bedroom.
First Floor
Master Bedroom with 5' bed and ensuite shower room, WC and hand basin, extensive views over Buss Creek and surrounding countryside.
Double bedroom with 5' bed and ensuite shower room, WC and hand basin, views over garden.
Twin bedded room with 3' beds and ensuite bathroom with roll top bath, WC and hand basin, heated towel rail and views to the west and Buss Creek.
All bedrooms have blackout blinds or blinds and curtains.
Garden
Imaginatively designed and created by the owner of the house who has exhibited his sculptures at the Chelsea Flower Show for 18 years, this garden is a delight throughout the year. Access is through the patio doors or via garden path from the front of the house, onto decking with steps up to the garden. An open-sided garden room with a living green roof, provides a covered seating area positioned to enjoy the views of the setting sun. The garden has oak decked sitting areas and access paths and is mainly planted with shrubs and small trees.
Notes:
Egyptian cotton bed linen, bath and hand towels and energy costs are included. All duvets and pillows in Skimming Stones are microfibre.
High speed unlimited broadband is available at Skimming Stones.
This holiday cottage has underfloor heating with radiators in the bedrooms, together with a wood-burner in the living area. One basket of logs is provided for the wood-burner on arrival in the winter months.
...Optional extras
- Cot (per item) £15
- Highchair (per item) £15
- Date:
- May 2017
- Star rating:
We have previous experience of staying in Southwold so knew just what to expect but this was the first time we had stayed as a family (8 people/3 generations) and rented a house rather than hotel accommodation. The holiday experience was very good. Weather lovely. Plenty to do. Everyone was very well satisfied with the week. A lovely, well equipped comfortable house within easy walking distance of all Southwold has to offer. Lovely garden for al fresco meals. The open plan spacious living area gave plenty of room for our party of eight. We were slightly concerned that no parking was attached to the house but as the road was quiet and a bit hidden away this proved to be no problem. En-suite to every bedroom. Comfortable beds. Secluded garden. Quiet location. Very well equipped. Bi-fold doors to garden a lovely feature especially as the weather was so good during our stay but we found them rather heavy to operate. Couple of places on the decking which need attention. However these are very small points which in no way detracted from our enjoyment of the property. This was my first experience of renting a holiday property and I found the whole experience very straightforward.
— Mr Whitlock
- Date:
- April 2017
- Star rating:
A super break for the whole of our UK based family, we will come again. The owner greeted us with flowers and wine! Large open space for family living and enjoyment of leisure time irrespective of the weather. All renovated to a pretty high standard, the grandchildren particularly like the wet room set up in the bathrooms! And although not in the centre of the town, the short walk to the centre, pier and beach was both interesting and beneficial to all concerned.
— Mr Miller
- Date:
- May 2017
- Star rating:
The house was perfect for a group gathering being able to live eat and drink all together! Pizza oven was great too. Loved the way the owner came to meet us . Wonderful house comfortable and so well equipped, home from home.
— Mrs Sharp
- Date:
- April 2017
- Star rating:
Everything was perfect from collecting the keys when we received a warm welcome (unlike some other agencies!).
The property was beautiful and so well equipped which made all the difference.We stayed at Skimming Stones, the house is beautiful and clearly much thought has been given to every detail of how it is laid out and equipped. It was faultless and we would have no hesitation in recommending it to others and staying here again. 5 stars and then some!
— Maureen
- Date:
- April 2017
- Star rating:
Skimming Stones is a fabulous property and the hosts were superb. I felt lucky to have met them in person, and they visited a second time to make sure that the bin had been emptied during the week. Our entire week is just full of happy, delightful and fabulous memories of my mum's 70th birthday. I cant say enough kind things about our hosts, Heritage Hideaways as the agent or this amazing property. My only two reservations were one, no mattress was provided for the travel cot (which we were not told in advance and made it very difficult with a toddler in the house) and the 'larder' cupboard has hot pipes running floor to ceiling in the corner (which we didn't realise until it had already melted our chocolate biscuits).
Aside from that, I can only say.. that if you are going to Southwold and want to stay in a property of this size - you will not go wrong by booking Skimming Stones. I only hope that we can visit again one day.
Thank you for a superb holiday experience.
With very warmest regards,
— Christine & family x
- Date:
- March 2017
- Star rating:
We just wanted to say what a fantastic week have had at Skimming Stones. Exquisitely done, down to the last detail, it was far and away the best place we have ever stayed in at Southwold. Thanks for everything.
— Mrs Yuill
- Date:
- September 2016
- Star rating:
Overall an excellent experience. Heritage Hideaways excellent. Very helpful during our visit in 2015 to find a suitable property for my 70th this year.
Skimming Stones is excellent - better than we anticipated.The quality of the accomodation and the equipment provided are outstanding.
Southwold is a delight, something for all our family and friends. We can't wait to return.
Skimming Stones is an outstanding property, ideally situated near the beach but in a quiet locale. The accomodation and equipment provided are really excellent. The best equipped property we have seen or stayed in.
— Mr R Parsell
- Date:
- August 2016
- Star rating:
Beautiful and stylish property. Perfect for large group as each room has own Ensuite facilities. The design of the property makes it ideal for enjoying food and drink at any time of the day or night. Every consideration given to the equipment. Rates as one of the best properties we have stayed in.
— Wendy Sayer
- Date:
- August 2016
- Star rating:
We have just returned from a week at Skimming Stones and we did not want to leave! The house was perfect!! We had an age range of 17 to 85 (almost 86!) and everyone's needs were met! It was wonderful to have the disabled access wetroom and a ground floor bedroom, these facilities are hard to come by in rental homes, and this meant that my grandparents were still able to come on holiday with us. The house is beautifully decorated and well equipped. We thoroughly enjoyed using the garden and were very lucky with the weather! Cooking in the pizza oven was a success too and we particularly liked the open plan aspect downstairs and the wonderful bifolding doors - especially as the temperature was in the high twenties for most of the week. The house is in a great location, a five-ten minute walk to the pier and a ten-fifteen minute walk to the town. Perfect for families, we would recommend it to anyone and everyone! We hope to stay again.
— Lydia Prince
- Date:
- December 2015
- Star rating:
We thought it was fantastic - the cottage was perfect and it was easy to get to lots to lovely walks and pubs nearby.
property_summary: Skimming Stones is a perfect cottage for friends and families alike. It has a lovely open plan kitchen/living space which meant that we could all be together when we were chilling/cooking! The garden is a whole adventure in itself and we only wished it had been summer so that we could have stoked up the pizza oven for our own homemade pizzas! Lovely, perfect cottage in the beautiful Southwold!
— Anoushka Parker/Lottie Goddard
- Date:
- April 2015
- Star rating:
Wonderful house. Ideal for family get togethers and well placed for walking into the town or beach. The house was very clean and well equipped, the garden is lovely and a real sun trap. We would love to stay there again.
— Anne Madeley
- Date:
- February 2015
- Star rating:
Can't praise this property enough! We had a large family birthday celebration here over a long weekend. Everything you could possibly wish for was provided (including cup-cakes, cava and fresh flowers on arrival). Such a beautiful house and brilliant location. Décor and en-suites for all bedrooms a bonus. Definitely want to come back!
— Schaffer Family
- Date:
- December 2014
- Star rating:
An amazing house! You couldn't ask for more in this property - it was perfect for our family Christmas. The open layout downstairs is brilliant for family holidays as it allows everyone to be together, but is designed superbly so you are never on top of each other & can all easily do doing different things at once. The extra touches of biscuits & cakes, etc, were a really lovely touch, and the overall quality of the house & furnishings was very high. No more than a 10 minute walk to the Pier made it very convenient. A must for any Southwold stay is lunch at Sole Bay Fish Company - best fish & chips we have ever had! We will definitely be back.
— Josephine Rackham
- Date:
- August 2014
- Star rating:
Lovely location, everything could wish for from a holiday rental.
— Pamela Osborne
- Date:
- July 2014
- Star rating:
Superb property, well furnished, beautifully decorated and equipped with everything one could possible need - and more besides! Lovely walks across the bird sanctuary/marshlands directly opposite the house, a short 5 minute stroll to the beach and just 10 minutes stroll from the town - we hardly used the car at all. Home made cup-cakes and newly laid eggs awaited us on arrival, plus biscuits, tea, fresh ground coffee all provided - such a nice surprise. The garden is a work of art and a delight to look out on. Couldn't ask for more.
— Jan and John Michell
- Date:
- July 2014
- Star rating:
Faultless, what a great property that combines design style and quality with the practical . Visually stunning with everything you could possible need for a enjoyable break, we will be keen to return if we can get a booking !!
— Shaun Hammond
- Date:
- June 2014
- Star rating:
Super house in a lovely location, very tastefully appointed with every comfort one could require. By a long way the best equipped house we've ever rented. In a quiet road, but with easy access, on foot or by cycle, to the town and the beach. We particularly liked the fact that the downstairs bedroom doubled as a second sitting room, when a bit of peace and quiet was required. The dog loved it too.
— The Cyclists
- Date:
- May 2014
- Star rating:
We had a fantastic stay in this beautiful and thoughtfully renovated house. The kitchen/dining/sitting area which opened out on to the lovely landscaped garden was a brilliant area to cook, eat chat and relax together without being cut off into separate rooms. The owners had thought of everything in the very well equipped kitchen. Delicious lemon scones and clotted cream on our arrival much appreciate too! It's an easy short walk into the centre of Southwold. Sandra, Jane, Hazel and Dawn
— Sandra Gawthroup
- Date:
- April 2014
- Star rating:
Skimming Stones is a beautiful property and far exceeded our expectations. The interior and garden are stunning with fantastic attention to detail. It was lovely to be greeted with Easter cakes and a card from the owners. It is definitely one of the best holiday houses we have stayed in and I am sure we will be back for another stay.
— Helen Jordan
- Date:
- April 2014
- Star rating:
What a stunning property ! A truely wonderful house which has been so carefully designed with such detail and style , words probably cant do it justice. We loved it from the moment we stepped inside , nothing fails to impress and perfect location ...so Big thanks to the owners for creating such a lovely place and Heritage Hideaways once again !
Best Regards
The Coopers ( Si, Susan, Charlie, Oliver, Ruby )
— Si Cooper
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Weekly Prices 2017
- 22 September to 19 October £1090
- 20 October to 02 November £1240
- 03 November to 21 December £987
- Pre-Christmas £987
- Christmas £1709
- New Year £1709
Weekly Prices 2018
- 01 January to 29 March £985
- 30 March to 19 April £1425
- 20 April to 24 May £1240
- 25 May to 31 May £1690
- 01 June to 05 July £1240
- 06 July to 19 July £1690
- 20 July to 30 August £1875
- 31 August to 13 September £1690
- 14 September to 20 September £1425
- 21 September to 18 October £1240
- 19 October to 01 November £1425
- 02 November to 20 December £985
- Pre-Christmas £1875
- Christmas £1875
- New Year £1875
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Southwold Holiday Guide
Southwold in Suffolk is a delightful seaside town: its colourful beach huts, stylish shops and restaurants, lovely sandy beach, award-winning Pier and atmospheric harbour, not to mention Adnams Brewery, all add to its timeless appeal.
Southwold really does have everything you need for a traditional British holiday, and a stay in one of our holiday cottages in Southwold, provides the perfect base to enjoy its many attractions. Bring your bucket and spade for some genuine seaside fun, take a gentle stroll along the promenade, marvelling at the spectacular views of the town, beach huts and Lighthouse, or spend an afternoon in the Electric Picture Palace, Southwold’s delightful 68-seater cinema.
Adnams’ Sole Bay Brewery is at the heart of the town and you may smell the hops as you walk by. You can also book an Adnams Brewery Tour, sampling some of the ales and beers, or purchase your tipple of choice from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen Store on the high street.
The locally caught fish is outstanding and a walk along the Harbour with its characterful, ramshackle fishing huts is a ‘must’. Try The Sole Bay Fish Co and the newly opened Southwold Smokehouse or fish and chips from Mrs T's and sit on the harbour wall to eat them. You can buy your fresh fish here at the harbour – ask and they’ll keep it on ice for you if you want to continue your walk across the Bailey Bridge and along the River Blyth tow path the to pretty village of Walberswick. There are some lovely walks around this area, click here to find out more.
For the brave-hearted there is the Coastal Voyager for a speedy trip out to sea crash
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Details
A contemporary holiday cottage, beautifully renovated with fantastic views and just a short walk to the beach and Southwold High Street.
At a glance
- Stunning open plan living area.
- Stylishly decorated and furnished.
- Ground floor bedroom and bathroom.
- Designer landscaped garden.
- Wonderful family holiday home!
