Hatch Beauchamp: Little conservation village (pub, restaurant, garage, pretty church where Colonel Chard of Rorke’s Drift was buried) in beautiful, rolling farmland between Taunton (6 miles) and Ilminster , 5 miles. A very central base for visiting great houses/gardens, hamstone villages, Exmoor, the Quantocks and Mendip hills, Sedgemoor; north and south coasts, both within 20 miles.

...  mile from Hatch Beauchamp and near to Hatch Court (beautiful Palladian country house with deer park) is Belmont Farm with its 200 acres of wood and farmland. On a hill (superb views) is the former cider barn, attached at right angles to the farmhouse.

In front of the Cider House is your own private part-walled patio and you share the owners’ lovely garden with summer house and pond (occasional kingfishers, herons and fish), and are welcome to wander the farm and woodland with its romantic remains of an 18th cent. landscape garden and the historic 2 mile Line Wood woodland walk with dramatic views and abundant wildlife. Inside, the Cider House is spacious, comfortable, light, with antiques, pictures. Downstairs, good-sized twin bedroom with en suite shower-room (suite), washer-drier. Upstairs, exceptionally nice, big, beamed, open-plan living
(woodburner)/dining/fitted kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer) with fine views, and large, pretty L-shaped double bedroom (5’ bed) with en suite bathroom (suite plus hand-shower). Phone. Peaceful, civilised. Everything included. No children under 8 years, but pre-crawling babies welcome.