The Loft at The Old Dog Thorpe

The 1 bed accommodation in The Loft was spotlessly clean, well equipped and very comfortable.

It was very quiet despite being above a pub, the bedroom was at the back of the building, no noise from the pub however we stayed during the week. Good food at the pub with a £10 meal deal Monday to Wednesday and an extensive choice of draught beers and lagers plus a large outside sitting area and car park. Friendly and helpful staff. Ideally situated, 300 yards from the Tissington Trail, two miles from Tissington, about three miles from Ashbourne and also Ilam Park (NT), 6 miles from Carsington Reservoir.

Great place to stay.

Good communications. A good base for the South Peaks area. Very comfortable. Pub underneath but noise minimal. Thank you.

Fabulous few days stay at the Old Dog.

A great long weekend experience with excellent facilities in the heart of the peak District. Really friendly people and amazing local walks.

Very comfortable accommodation above an excellent country pub with delicious food.

Well equipped flat. Lovely walks from the door, eg to Dovedale. Also very close to the Tissington walking/cycle trail, on an old railway line. Excellent location in southern Peak District, near to Ashbourne. We went to an excellent concert in Dovedale Garage, which is across the road. It houses 2 restored cinema organs and lots of other memorabilia and is well worth a visit.

Great apartment above the Old Dog.

All you need for a very comfortable stay. Plus the convenience of a fantastic pub, with great staff, tasty food and a brilliant range of beers, on tap!

We loved staying in the Loft at the Old Dog.

The flat was comfortable, spotlessly clean and had all we needed. Ross was super-helpful and sorted out a little glitch with heating quickly. The pub was friendly, welcoming and did good, interesting food. As for location, it's in a perfect spot, being a few minutes' walk from the Tissington Trail and also very close to Dovedale, walkable via footpaths. We hope to be back soon & wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

Lovely and nicely furnished flat situated in pretty surroundings with easy access to the Tissington trail and Dovedale.

Visited The Loft at The Old Dog Pub in Thorpe near Ashbourne 5th to 12th September.

Upon arrival we went into the pub for a meal. We received a warm, friendly and hospitable welcome from Ross the owner and his amazing team. Our meal was served in a timely manner, hot, cooked to perfection and tasted delicious. All the meals that we had at The Old Dog were consistently enjoyable and of a high standard. Ross showed us upstairs to The Loft, our accomodation for the week. It was cosy, clean, nicely decorated and furnished. It had most things that we required for an enjoyable stay. Just a suggestion and definately not a complaint would be maybe more than one hand towel and two bath towels for two people to share for a weeks stay isn't enough. Also a couple of cleaning products would have been handy. We soon rectified this ourselves when we went out shopping. We were unable to wash the towels supplied as there was no washing machine which we were aware of. The Loft is in a stunning, quiet, countryside location which is central for touring Derbyshire. Car Parking is excellent. We would recomend and we would return. Next time we would like to book The Old Dogs other accomodation The Apartment which is larger and located in the same building. Many Thanks for an enjoyable stay.

Had a wonderful stay at the Loft!

The apartment had everything we needed for our holiday. The place was super clean and furnished very nicely. We will definitely be returning!

Lovely apartment & had everything we needed for our stay.

Very comfortable & lovely views over the fields. Wonderful walks from the doorstep & fabulous pub too. We would love to come back again soon.

Nice clean and well furnished apartment.

Comfortable sofa and bed. The stairs and lobby area are a little dark but give into a pleasantly decorated modernity furnished fully equipped apartment. The apartment is above a very pleasant pub with a good choice of beers and good food served at lunch till 4 pm and dinner in the evening. Noise from the pub was not an issue. The Tissington trail is a 3 minute walk away. Would we go again? Definitely!

We had a brilliant time at The old Dog.

The flat was clean and airy. Beautiful views. The only thing needed was a clothes airer, although we had fabulous weather. The Pub is well situated for exploring and walking the area. The food served and the service is first class. We recommend this dog friendly accommodation as our dog Pixie felt very much home from home. Thankyou for an excellent stay

Our stay was lovely and the location was perfect for lots of walks in the area.

The Loft is beautifully decorated and very comfortable with the pub below very convenient serving delicious food. Instructions were clear and easy to follow. We would come again and have already recommended the place to family. Some may find it noisy when the pub is open of course especially in the summer but it’s ok if you anticipate that. We didn’t know the pub wasn’t open Monday and Tuesday which was a disappointment but we found other places to eat. And enjoyed the quieter evenings. The kitchen was great with most stuff we needed. The induction job was challenging but we got there in the end. I think more in depth instructions would help. Certain plates didn’t appear to work. But we have limited experience of induction hobs. A veg peeler would be handy. Also information about local walks might be nice although we came with a fairly well planned set of walks to try. Loved the area and sitting watching horses in the field opposite.

What a fab little place.

And what was even better to be above a pub that served great food & drinks. Gluten Free beer on tap! Prime location. Would definitely recommend.

We really enjoyed our stay at The Loft.

Very well maintained apartment. Very clean and comfortable. The owners have thought about everything to make a stay there perfect.

We found the property clean and tidy, the facilities were perfect for us, the pub was also very clean and the staff very friendly and helpful.

We had a wonderful 7 days at the loft at the old dog. We had meals at the dog most days as the food was wonderful and reasonable priced, the pub was shut Monday and Tuesday so we had meals out at other places we visited. The accommodation was perfectly placed to tour the peak District. We will definitely be going back, hopefully the two bedroom apartment will be ready soon, so we can bring our friends with us .

Me and my Partner booked a 5 Night stay at The Old Dog which we were very much looking forward too, as we were celebrating my Birthday within the Peak District.

On arrival the Apartment was beautifully decorated and located in a scenic area. Upon closer inspection the Property wasn't overly clean, the floors looked as if they hadn't been hoovered and were covered in stains, light switches were dirty, there was sticky residue all over the TV and Kitchen worktops and overall the Property was dusty and not very clean. Within a few Hours of our stay after prepping raw Chicken for Dinner we noticed we had no running Hot Water coming through any of the Taps, so we messaged our Host (Ross) to inform him. Ross replied back within half an hour later telling us that we would need to run the water for a few minutes as the Tank was downstairs (which in fact turned out to be a lie, it was within our Apartment we was staying in), so we attempted to run the hot water for a good 15 minutes, no hot water was still coming through. I messaged Ross again to inform him the hot water was still not coming through. Ross then offered to come up that evening or the following day, but as there was no hot water I ideally wanted him to come up that evening to have a look and I did state the importance of the Hot Water as we were unable to wash our hands hygienically or wash up (as there was no dishwasher or other facilities available to wash up our pots and pans from Dinner). Ross didn't then respond for 2 Hours which at this point was 9:30pm and said he couldn't come until the following Afternoon and that we can boil a kettle and use the Electric Shower in the meantime to wash our hands. We were slightly disappointed as Ross didn't seem apologetic, nor to make the issue a priority and was quite happy to leave his guests 24 hours without working hot water. At this point we had contacted Sykes Cottages to inform them of the situation and to see if there was anything they could help with. Sykes were very apologetic and shocked with the response we had received from Ross and arranged to contact him, to which he did not answer. I believe they managed to speak to him at some point, as Ross made a diggy comment to us about us contacting Sykes, which we had every right in doing so as they were the 3rd Party who we booked our stay through and had paid. Ross then didn't come until 1pm the following day, when he arrived he said he has used the "boost" button on the immersion to see if that would get the hot water working and that he would come back again at 7/8pm to see if it had worked. When Ross attended we soon came to realise that the immersion tank was not downstairs as Ross had mentioned, it was in fact within the Apartment, so the water did not have "a long way to travel". So Ross lied to us. However, the "Boost" option didn't work! At this point we was reaching 30 hours without working hot water. My Partner is a fully qualified Electrician and has been for the last 15 Years, he even offered to take a look at the Immersion free of charge, where Ross straight up said "no". Ross then told us he had a final back up plan and said he could light the Fires downstairs in the Pub to get the old Back Boiler working. We was against this plan as it was 25 degrees weather and the Apartment was hot enough as it was, there was also no fans within the Apartment either. The Pub is also shut on a Monday and Tuesday and we didn't like the idea of the Fires being lit in an unmanned, locked Pub that we were currently living above, especially when no one else was living on site with access to the Pub and Ross and his Family do not live within the Village the Pub / Apartment is located in. So if a fire was to breakout there would be no one around to notice it breaking out or access the Pub to try and prevent the fire from spreading. However, Ross decided to go against our decision and light the Fires anyway. He lit the Fires and waited until he left to then text me to say he had lit the Fires regardless as he thought this was a "right option" than us having no hot water, and said he would get his Electrician to come out the following day and would give us an update in the Morning. We was very displeased that Ross went against us despite us saying we did NOT want the Fires lit and also the fact he didn't come upstairs and speak to us in person and informed us over text, which we felt was a cop out. On that Night the Property was unbearably Hot, at 11pm it was 17C outside, but the Apartment was 26C inside, we feel that the Fire being lit impacted this. On our first interactions with Ross we found him rude, ignorant, arrogant and unhelpful. It was the next Morning and lo and behold Ross did not message us. We left it until 12pm to give Ross a chance to message us, but he did not, so we sent him a text message asking for an update and asked him when we were to expect his Electrician to arrive. Surprise, Surprise Ross did not reply, we left it until 3pm and called Sykes to see if they could get us some answers for us as Ross was no longer responding. Within 15 minutes of our phone call to Sykes, Ross then respond to our text message. He sent us a not so pleasant message and informed us this his Electrician was unavailable and couldn't come until the next day (meaning it would've taken 4 days from when the issue was initially raised for an Electrician to attend). Ross made no further attempts to get another Electrician to attend, which we think is very poor. We finally got hot water from the Back Boiler around lunch time, meaning we was left with no hot water for a total of 48 Hours. The Electrician finally arrived on the Thursday (day 4) and advised the immersion would require replacing and would be need to be drained down and that it would be a 2 day Job. So nothing was going to be done about it during our stay. Ross still at this point did not apologise for the inconvenience. As we only had 2 more nights left we decided to stay and try to be out of the Property as much as we could and have as little interaction with Ross. There were many issues with our stay and the Property to be completely honest. The whole Property lacked equipment, there was no Hoover, no Mop, no Fan/Fans, no Washing Machine, no Airer or Laundry Line, all the Radiators were covered by Radiator Covers so you was unable to dry anything if you decided to wash anything it by hand, the Kitchen lacked equipment, we had to buy our own Washing up liquid as we were left a dribble on arrival, the Toilet was wobbly (not the seat, the actual toilet), the Wifi did not work half of the time and when it did work it didn't reach the Bedroom, there was no mention of where to put your rubbish if your bin was to get full, you was unable to use the Microwave as the Plates and Bowls had a gold foiled rim, so whenever you went to put the Plates or Bowls into the Microwave it would just spark. We only had 1 working pan too, as 1 out of the 4 pans that were provided were not induction so did not work on the induction Hob. We were only given 2 Body Towels (1 each) and as there was no washing machine we had no other option but to use the same Towel for the whole duration of our stay (5 Nights and 6 Days), we found this pretty gross, especially when the weather was extremely hot. We don't believe the Property is very well thought-out and that the Host really has the heart to be Renting out the Property. Me and my Partner go on staycation breaks every 6 Months and this has to be the worst experience and worse Host we have ever encountered. There was even one evening we decided to have Dinner at the Pub and Ross saw us, looked us up and down, blanked us and walked off when we approached the Bar, which we thought was very RUDE! Not that we expected this, but Ross did not even offer us a Drink on the house to make up for the inconvenience caused, let alone could even give us an apology. Overall we definitely will not be returning and in all honesty if the Apartment was not located where it was we would've left within the first 48 Hours. We would only recommend this Property if you are staying for a short period of time, as the Property is not well equipped for long durations, and that you have working Heating and Hot Water and do not have to deal with the unhelpful Host, Ross.

Nicely renovated flat, furnished well, above a welcoming pub that has a good vibe and food.

Ideally situated for access to the Tissington Trail with excellent walking and cycling opportunities from the doorstep. Note the description currently suggests the bedroom is on the ground floor but everything is on the first floor.