Foxglove Cottage

A very nice cottage located off a quiet lane, ideal for 2 people, nicely decorated with a well fitted kitchen.

Good "welcome pack” of milk, tea, coffee, suger, bread, jam, butter and biscuits provided. Location is about 3 miles from Helmsley where there are several pubs and food shops. Purely based on personal experience, we’d recommend the Black Swan pub and Hunters of Helmsley for pies and pastries. Location is also good for accessing lots of attractions in North Yorkshire. A few minor negative points. The interior is all painted mid-blue colour including the ceilings which makes the lounge and bedroom feel a bit oppressive espacially as thiose rooms do not have ceiling lights only table lamps. The front door has clear glass in it and would benefit from having a net curtain over it to obscure the view from the outside striaght into the bathroom. Would definitely recommend and we will visit again.

Gloomy.

Small windows - on one side only. Not helped by black floor and blue painted walls & ceiling; nor by missing light bulbs. 5 table lamps in lounge but still difficult to read. Bathroom basin small and with glass shelf over so difficult to wash face, brush teeth. Dining table tucked away in a corner and had to be carried to usable position. Apart from that, excellent.

Our 2nd stay and notice the owners to no notice of our suggestions from last time

We had a great week in a lovely location.

We had no WiFi through out the whole week which made us trying to keep in touch with our business impossible. Having reported it no assistance was given in resolving the issue which was a shame. The cottage is very dark so additional lighting would improve things,the addition of a couple of things oven gloves, cup coasters to protect furniture,a mat for the very slippery shower tray and a full length mirror maybe in the bedroom.

The cottage is very lovely and comfy and we had a lovely stay .

. just Internet being down over Xmas was not good as we couldn’t watch Xmas movies and only had standard TV. Also strange the cottage had not a single Xmas deco. But great location

We had a wonderful break at Foxglove Cottage.

It was perfectly positioned for all our day trips and a short stroll from the pretty village. The furniture, including the bed, was comfortable and we loved the decor, which made us feel cosy. Our only small suggestion would be a larger mirror on the bedroom, as once we had showered it was impossible to see in the bathroom mirror. Fantastic stay and we hope to be back soon for more drives and walks in the glorious countryside. .

We had a small problem with a tap on entry but within minutes it was sorted out in a pleasant way.

It’s our second stay at this property in a delightful village where I was lucky enough to watch the aurora dancing across the village.

What a fabulous cottage tucked away in such a beautiful part of the country.

A rare find, thank you so much.

The location is great and the cottage is well decorated and fitted out.

The outside is good but there are a few issues which would put us off booking it again. - the lighting particularly in the bathroom was poor - it needs a mirror in the bedroom the only mirror is the one in the bathroom which given the lighting was pretty poor - there was nowhere to sit down and eat indoors, there was a table but only really one chair to sit at it. The outdoor eating area is great but not much good in poor weather It does not need much done to it to rectify these things and it would then be a very good place to stay

We really loved our stay in this little cottage, the cottage has been finished to a high level with comfortable furniture.

It is in a great location to relax for a long weekend. We enjoyed dinner at the nearby Pheasant Hotel and walks along the river to Nunnington and chilled in the yard in front of the cottage. A couple of things that could be improved... the check-in and check-out times are not great, 6 pm check-in is very late. The dining table is not very usable and it would be great to be able to use some of the gardens of Holly Cottage as sitting in the sun on a bench is not the same as a bit of soft grass. But overall a great experience with some small improvements to make the stay even better.

Absolutely loved the location

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Foxglove Cottage, the only feedback really is that there was no welcome book, e.

g. how to operate the boiler etc. there were no instructions from the owner with regards to how to leave the cottage, we used our own initiative and stripped the bed and left the sheets and towels on the bed ready for cleaning etc. apart from that we had a great holiday

Sykes Staff have been nothing but friendly and accommodating, they were not to fault for our unsatisfactory stay.

The property however had dust webs left in corners (despite cleaners) and offered no QR code/Covid guidelines, no antibacterial hand wash or sanitiser (good job we took our own). We were greeted by a wasps nest by the front door obviously using the property’s roof. The door with its large double glass windows offered no privacy from passers by using the shared drive and communal laundry room given the fact the shower and toilet were right behind it which resulted in us having to hang a towel over the door. The pictures of the garden were misleading. It clearly shows a grass area which had been cordoned off and belonged to another property which only left the stoned area you see in the pictures which would have been fantastic if it weren’t for the fact they are not friendly to the paws of our fury friends which meant our pet friendly get away wasn’t in fact so pet friendly at all and his off lead play time went out the window. The directions to the property are not clear, even using ‘what four words’ we had difficulty. In the end we were forced to contact Sykes which then had to contact the owners who added another couple of steps to the directions. Frankly if it weren’t for the fact we had to rely on a family member for travel and our signal was so spotty we never would have stayed.