Christmas is just around the corner and if you’re snuggling up to watch Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet’s life-swapping festive favourite The Holiday, you may be fantasising about a stay in the film’s other star – the chocolate box country cottage owned by Kate Winslet’s character, Iris.
Resplendent in honey-hued stone, smoke curling from the chimney and surrounded by freshly laid snow, it might just be the cosiest bolthole on screen. But – heartbreakingly for fans – Jude Law has recently revealed that Iris’s Surrey cottage doesn’t actually exist.
Thankfully, there are plenty of wonderfully cosy cottages that look just like the film’s dreamy bolthole if you head to the Cotswolds this winter. These ten gorgeous holiday homes come complete with wood burners, beams and even wisteria round the door (Jude Law as your next-door neighbour sadly not included).
Laundry Cottage, Bath
We had to do a double take when we first saw Laundry Cottage – it looks uncannily like the little gem from The Holiday. This beautiful Grade II-listed stone house is tucked away in the peaceful village of Combe Hay on the southern edge of the Cotswolds. Inside there’s a wood burner and three snug bedrooms, one complete with a freestanding bath for your own Cameron Diaz singing in the bath moment. There’s also a great independent pub right down the road where, you never know, you could bump into a Jude Law type…
Sleeps six, from £1,046 for seven nights.
9 Arlington Row, Bibury
You’re likely to recognise Arlington Row which was built in 1380 as a monastic wool store. These dolls house-sized homes are now one of the most picturesque – and photographed – corners of the Cotswolds. Most of the impossibly cute cottages in the Row are privately owned, but one is available as a holiday let via the National Trust. Inside Number 9 you’ll find a wood burner, two bedrooms and a dinky back garden.
Sleeps three, from £467 for three nights.
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Dovecote Cottage, Duns Tew
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