Large holiday home with huge indoor swimming pool, in lovely grounds on the North Devon coast. Sleeps 23.

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Bicclescombe Grange is a large detached luxury house, formerly a substantial Gentleman's residence, built around the turn of the last century. The property has accommodation on three storeys and is furnished in a period style, with a magnificent indoor heated swimming pool and many other fantastic features.

The Grange lies on the outskirts of Ilfracombe, the main coastal resort on North Devon's beautiful coastline and is set at the end of a private drive, within three acres of superb gardens, adjoining open fields and countryside. Bicclescombe Park, with its many amenities sits at the end of our drive whilst nearby are the wonderful sandy beaches of Woolacombe, Saunton and Croyde. See the Location page for more information on the surrounding area.

It's a very big house and has a games room with a full sized snooker table, dart board, table tennis and piano. There's a new 60" large screen television with all Sky's channels and a computer with internet access. And for the younger children, there are lots and lots of toys!

We had a large house and now we've got a large kitchen to go with it! The kitchen area has been completely overhauled and expanded. Granite surfaces, marble tiles, solid oak furniture and stainless steel appliances, including a 7 burner range and an enormous American style fridge freezer make this a wonderful place to cook. With high and low level seating areas, a large flat screen tv with Sky Plus, an ice maker and even a large capacity wine cooler, it's also a great place to socialise, supervise children, or just sit with a glass of wine and watch the chef at work. See the pictures on the Photos page.

With eight bedrooms this large holiday home sleeps 23 (as of May 2010 we've added another bed so if you considered or booked before then thinking we could only sleep 22 please see if this helps with your arrangements) and is perfect for a luxury self-catering extended family holiday or for several families or group of friends to get together. Or perhaps you are looking for a fantastic party venue to celebrate a 40th birthday, 50th birthday, or other special occasion. Or maybe you'd just like somewhere you can relax in style. Bicclescombe Grange will not disappoint. And now you don't need to just take our word for it – we've put our Guestbook online and you can see for yourselves exactly what all of our previous guests have said over the last year.

Feel free to explore the site and if you have any questions please do contact us.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday.
Andrew and Allison Swinton

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Bicclescombe Grange offers the perfect rental holiday accommodation for you and your family or friends to relax and enjoy yourselves. Here we've listed just some of the things you might be interested in, but please look at the menu links for more details.

40th Birthday Party Venue

Probably the most popular occasion celebrated at the Grange is a 40th birthday party. The house hosts several every year. The facilities we offer are ideal for any special occasion but they are particularly well suited to a large family group. There is plenty to enjoy for all generations, from the cupboard full of children's toys, to the full size snooker for the grown ups. There's table tennis for all and of course, the pool. Then again, if the kids get a little too noisy there are lots of places to get away from it all, as the house is so big. And if you need even more space there are three acres of lovely gardens to explore.

Beaches

Ilfracombe has the famous 'Tunnels Beaches' - created by the Victorians, as well as the harbour. But probably the biggest beach draw in the area is Woolacombe; miles of glorious sand await! But if you want more, Croyde and Saunton won't disappoint either. For those looking for a more interesting beach we'd thoroughly recommend Lee Bay - great for rock pooling and walks, and the village is extremely pretty.

Catering

Bicclescombe Grange is a self catering holiday home, but we are often asked if we can provide catering, usually for one special evening meal, but sometimes for more. And yes, we can! If you look on our Things to do page, check the 'Catering' box, then the 'Food and Drink' box, and you'll see a list of caterers. Most have websites showing menus and prices and most have catered at the Grange on several occasions - and always successfully as far as we know.

Children

We have young children. We know what it's like! Which is why we've tried to make the accommodation just right for families. The kids will love it! There are loads and loads of toys - a whole walk-in cupboard full of them, suitable for all ages. There's a slide and playhouse in the garden and a choice of scooters, bikes, roller skates... And on a practical level there are four cots, a high chair, baby monitor and changing station. And all the televisions have integral DVD players! If you can get them out of the pool though, and then tear them away from the Sky tv...

Cottage

In our opinion we are too big to be called a cottage, but we get so many enquiries from people that have been searching for large cottages to rent that we must believe that even if your holiday vision was of the traditional chocolate box cottage, you'll still be tempted by the accommodation we can offer. And after all, there aren't many chocolate boxes that can sleep 23 people!

Family

We think the house is best suited for a large family, or for several families sharing. Some rooms have more than one bed and two have bunk beds. Please look over The House description and floor plans to ensure the house accommodation will be perfect for your requirements. The facilities are great for groups of all generations, and we keep adding more!

Group Holiday

The main reason we bought the Grange and made it available as a holiday home to rent! In 2002 we were one of three families with children wanting to go away somwhere together and we found such a small choice or prperties. And of course the best ones were all booked up well in advance. Large groups of 12 or more looking for a large self catering house at least now have one more place to choose from!

Hot Tub and Sauna

No, sorry, we don't have a hot tub or a sauna yet. But we are planning on putting them in! We've been hampered by power issues and need to upgrade our supply first. Which means digging up the drive... But it will happen at some point as we think that looking across the valley, or down across the town to the sea, whilst sipping champagne and relaxing in the hot tub sounds just about right!

Library

Well no, it's not a proper library, but we do have a fair collection of books in case you forgot or have finished yours. Books for all ages, and of all types. And if you don't finish it and can't bear to leave it behind by all means take it home with you. If you could replace it with something similar though it would be much appreciated and will mean that future guests still have a good choice. There are several second hand and new book shops in the High Street.

Sleeps

We have 8 bedrooms which sleep 23 people. But we are equally suitable for parties looking for a large house which sleeps 12, sleeps 13, sleeps 14, sleeps 15, sleeps 16, sleeps 17, sleeps 18, sleeps 19, sleeps 20, sleeps 21 and sleeps 22. Our most popular search term for sleeping capacity is sleeps 16, though we usually end up accommodating larger parties and on average we sleep 20. There are 17 separate beds, so if you don't mind sharing a room we can accommodate a large group of adults only. We don't take groups of solely young adults, but other groups are welcome.

Snooker

Yes, it is full sized! What better way to while away the evening hours... that's what we think anyway, when we do it! The games room also has darts and the piano.

Special Occasion Venue

40th birthdays are the most popular event but the Grange has also hosted many 30th Birthday Parties and 50th Birthday Parties. Every age in fact, even quite a few 80ths! Wedding anniversaries are also well suited to the house and we are in fact attending our own parents' Golden Wedding anniversary in 2010.

Stag and Hen Parties

We accepted our first hen party with some trepidation in 2006 and our first stag do the year after. We've had several more hen and stag do's since and, surprising as it might seem, with no problems. Quite the reverse in fact. We think people are so aware that a lot of properties turn away such groups that they take that much more care to look after anywhere that they are welcomed. If you do wish to hold your stag or hen party at the Grange then you won't be disappointed! The house has fantastic facilities, but there is also plenty in the surrounding area to make such an event truly memorable. Quad biking, go karting, clay pigeon shooting, riding, surfing, coasteering, climbing and paintball for example.

Surfing

We have world renowned surfing beaches just ten minutes from the house, at Woolacombe, Croyde and Saunton. If you're a beginner there are plenty of surf shops to hire or buy equipment, or take a few lessons. And if the surfing gets a little tiring, the miles of golden sands offer a perfect opportunity to recover, and to top up the tan.

Swimming Pool

Our swimming pool is 40ft long by 20ft wide and ranges from 3ft to 9ft deep. It's an indoor heated pool, heated to 31 degrees all year round, which is a lot warmer than most public pools. The pool is joined to the main house so there is no need to go outside. There is a wet room off of the pool area where you can shower and change. We don't specifically provide inflatables but there are usually some available, along with several swimming goggles, arm bands and various other swimming aids.