From your own private parking space right next to Jaycot, enter the side door to this historic stone-built property, described in a local trail guide (available at Alston Tourist Information centre) as “one of the prettiest in the town.” Feel the warmth of the underfloor heating throughout, as you soon settle into this invitingly cosy cottage.
Hang up your coats and shelve your walking boots in the hallway after a wonderful hike, as you step through to the well-equipped kitchen, to make yourself a freshly ground coffee from the fitted Bosch appliance.
There’s a ground-floor shower room with WC and basin, and a utility room with washer-dryer, for the convenience of washing the trail off you and your dog!
Following a delicious home-cooked dinner at the 6-seater marble table, relax on the sumptuous leather sofas in front of a roaring woodburning stove, while watching your favourite Netflix show or film on the Smart TV.
Or, simply leave the kids to entertain themselves with the PS4, while the grownups open up the tri-fold door and venture outside to the softly-lit wall-enclosed patio, to enjoy chatting over drinks around the firepit.
On a balmy summer evening, you may prefer cooking supper on the BBQ, serving up delicious grilled food at the 6-seater outdoor patio table, or snuggling up together on the 4-seater corner arbour.
When the day comes to an end, sleepyheads will climb the European Oak staircase to 3 beautiful bedrooms for a good night’s sleep on the most comfortable of beds.
Here, you will find a double bedroom, and main bathroom with bath & hand-shower, WC and basin.
A few steps up leads you to a twin bedroom, and master king-sized bedroom with ensuite shower, WC and basin.
With 3 bathrooms in all, no-one staying at Jaycot needs to queue to get ready for making the shortest of walks, down cobbled streets, to eat at one of several fabulous cafes, pubs and hotels.
Jaycot, is a very special property, known as a ‘Bastle’ style home.
Such buildings originally accommodated livestock on the ground-floor, with families living above on the first floor.
Access to the upstairs living area, was via an external stone staircase, being a typical feature of Border, Cumbrian and Northumbrian bastle houses of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The first-floor door at Jaycot can still be seen, although it is not in use.