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Great location, spacious and well appointed.

Impressive, characterful house in excellent location, close to Ludlow centre with its quirky independent shops, interesting castle and wide range of cafes and restaurants. House itself clean, spacious and tastefully decorated, with cavernous main bathroom and comfortable living room. Kitchen pretty well-equipped and dining table large enough to fit our party of 8 for meals. Outside space small but appreciated BBQ. Bedrooms comfortable and decor in keeping with style of property, though no ensuite (see below). Fabulous property overall.

Welcome pack appreciated, though perhaps some food items celebrating Ludlow's famous food heritage would have been preferred over a bottle of Asda wine and a small milk. Nice wine, mind! For parties not all from same family (though obviously friends) having just two bathrooms and no bedrooms with no ensuite was a little inconvenient at times, though main bathroom was huge. Even a small separate toilet would be useful. Bath in main bathroom also rather small considering opulent feel of house and bathroom. Plenty of crockery, though knife selection could be better and a few glasses in cupboard had marks on them.

The location was great because it is close to the station and to the town centre - which is a hidden gem with black and white galleried buildings and a market. Plenty of places to eat in the area. It was perfect for a family get-together because we were all travelling from different parts of the UK. Ideally we would stay at the same place again - there is plenty of room for the 8 of us to entertain ourselves if the weather had been bad. I really liked the independent shops.

These are niggles. It would have been useful to know in advance that the owners didn't want us to wear shoes indoors on the cold hard floors. I have arthritic ankles and the cold made it flare up. If I'd known I would have brought slippers with me. I also couldn't find any matches to start the wood fire - everything else was there. Sykes Cottages had not made it clear that it was costing us the same price for two nights as for the week which made it pricier than ideal.