Abbey Cottage is a small, two-bedroom self-catering holiday home with off-road parking and a garden with a view. Situated in the charming village of Montacute at the foot of Ham Hill, this cottage welcomes a family or couple for a relaxing escape on the border of South Somerset and Dorset. Inside the cottage you will instantly feel at home, with a kitchen/diner next to the sitting room. Outside, the rear garden enjoys a tranquil view of the church and surrounding fields, where you can watch the sun set from the decking area. First floor twin bedroom adjacent to bathroom/toilet, and second floor family room with a standard double and single bed and computer desk. Montacute has an array of historic landmarks, such as Priory Dovecote, Abbey Farmhouse, and Montacute House and Gardens, owned by the National Trust. Good food is served at the NT Courtyard Café and two village pubs, all at walking distance. Walks from the doorstep into the historic parkland, woodland and Ham Hill Country Park. Multiple car parks on the hill near the visitor centre, with spectacular sunsets over the West Country. More National Trust spots nearby are Tintinhull Garden, Barrington Court and Lytes Cary Manor. Yeovil is easily accessed by car, offering a wide range of amenities, eateries and shopping as well as Ninesprings Country Park. Further afield are the Somerset Moors and Levels around Glastonbury, Dorset National Landscape, the Blackdown Hills and the World Heritage Sites of Bath, Stonehenge and Jurassic Coast. More information on places tovisit, is available at the cottage.

The historic, medieval Somerset village of Montacute is four miles from Yeovil and most well known for the National Trust's impressive Montacute House, a stunning Elizabethan mansion built for Sir Edward Phelips, the prosecutor of Guy Fawkes. The house is set in beautiful gardens and has been widely used as a film set, notably in 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Wolf Hall'. The village centre and conservation area features an array of picturesque hamstone cottages, two thriving pubs, a Post Office, and a fascinating radio and television museum. Locally, there are lovely walks to be had to the nearby Ham Hill and St Michael's Hill where a folly affords wonderful views across the Somerset Levels and beyond. The nearby bustling town of Yeovil provides a wide variety of shops and restaurants as well as a lively theatre. Alternatively, enjoy a day out at Yeovilton's Fleet Air Arm Museum, or Haynes Motor Museum, explore mystical Glastonbury, or the UK's smallest city, Wells, with its majestic cathedral. With ancient Sherborne and the scenic Dorset coastline both easily accessible, you will find that a week is not nearly long enough to enjoy everything on offer within a short drive of this lovely Somerset village!

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