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Breakfast, unhurried
Cooked to order until 11, sourced from the farm up the road. Second coffees are assumed.
5 rooms · breakfast included
A small house. A slow weekend.
A five-room guesthouse in a 1907 farmhouse, an hour from the city. Booked direct only — no platform fees, fewer guests, longer breakfasts.
01Staying hereBreakfast until 11
What a weekend looks like
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The garden
An acre of orchard, a hammock that books out faster than the loft, and chairs that follow the sun.
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The valley
Two of the valley's best small restaurants within a walk, the river path from the back gate, cellar doors ten minutes on.
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Evenings on the porch
Cheese boards and local wine whenever you ask. We'll book you a dinner table in the village and leave the lamp on.
The house
Around the place
The rooms
Five rooms, no two alike
Every rate includes the cooked breakfast — and nobody hurries you out of it.
Few dates left
Family room
Sleeps 4 · Two doubles
Sitting roomSummer seasonCot on request
From $285per night
Book this roomThree-night minimum on the loft at weekends. Direct only — the rate you see is the rate.
The extras
Everything else, priced plainly
Added to the bill at the end, never charged unless you ask. There is no cleaning fee, no service charge and no platform taking a cut.
At the house
- Dog, per night$25
Garden room only · the orchard is theirs too
- Cot or extra bedPer night$30
Family room, summer season
- Cheese board + local wine$42
Laid out on the porch whenever you ask
- Picnic hamper for twoOrder by 9am$38
For the river path from the back gate
- Late check-out to 1pmFree
Whenever nobody is arriving into your room
Getting here + about
- Station pick-up, one way12 min$20
Two trains an hour from the city
- Bicycles, per dayFree
Four of them, and a valley map that actually helps
- Cellar-door driver, half day$150
Three cellar doors, someone else at the wheel
- Dinner booked in the villageNo charge
We know both kitchens; they save us a table
The whole house
- All five roomsPer nightfrom $880
Sleeps 12 · two-night minimum, breakfast for everyone
- Long-weekend rateThree nightsfrom $2,400
Fri to Mon, the garden included
- Small celebration, up to 20+$450
Lunch in the orchard · no marquees, no PA, no DJ
Third night is 10% off year-round, and January to March we simply charge less because the valley is quieter and we would rather the house were full.
02The essentialsRestored 2018–2024
- Rooms, never more
- 5
- The year the house went up
- 1907
- From 312 direct guests
- 4.9★
- Breakfast runs late
- 11am
A farmhouse, restored slowly.
We bought the place in 2018 with a long list of plans and a short list of money. Six years of weekends later, the house is what it should be — quiet rooms, a breakfast that takes as long as you want, and a garden you can lose an afternoon in.
- Cooked breakfast included, sourced from the farm up the road
- Two of the valley's best small restaurants within a walk
- Pet-friendly rooms on request · $25/night
Guests say
5 out of 5 stars
“The breakfast alone would be worth the drive. The garden room is the most peaceful place we've slept in years — we booked next autumn before checking out.”
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L + M Hayes
Three-night stay, October
04House particulars
Before you book
Why book direct?+
We never list on platforms, so there's no service fee — the rate you see is the rate. Direct guests also get first pick of rooms and late checkout when the calendar allows.
When is check-in?+
3pm to 8pm; checkout at 11am. Arriving later than 8? Tell us and we'll leave the lamp on and the code in your email.
Children and pets?+
The family room welcomes kids in summer; the rest of the year the house is adult-only. Dogs are welcome in the garden room by request.
What about dinner?+
We don't cook dinner — but the two restaurants in the village do, and we'll book you in. Cheese boards and local wine are always available for the porch.
Cancellation?+
Full refund up to 14 days out, half up to 7. Inside a week we refund whatever we manage to re-book, which is usually all of it.
The loft goes first. Every season.
Check your dates — if the calendar is tight we'll suggest the nearest quiet weekend.
Direct only · no platform fees · ever
The rhythm of the house
When things happen here
We live in the annexe, so somebody is always about. Outside these hours, knock — we would rather that than you standing in the lane.
Hours
- Check-in window
- 15:00 – 20:00Later? Say so and the lamp stays on
- Breakfast, weekdays
- 08:00 – 10:30Cooked to order, second coffee assumed
- Breakfast, weekends
- 08:30 – 11:00Nobody hurries you out of it
- The porch
- 17:00 – 22:00Cheese boards and local wine, whenever
- Check-out
- ClosedTo 1pm free whenever the room is free
The house closes for two weeks in late January — the only fortnight of the year we go somewhere else. Everything else, including Christmas, we are here.
Book direct
Tell us your dates and preferred room. We reply the same day, usually within the hour.
- Address88 Orchard Lane · Hudson Valley
- Reservations
- Email
- Check-in3pm–8pm · Check-out 11am
Four letters a year
What the orchard is doing, which weekends opened up, and the January rate we only tell the list about. Nothing else, ever.