Camprond Farmhouse Retreat is very well-positioned within a traditional rural farming community and is a luxurious old farmhouse with old French furniture and shutters, arranged over three floors. It offers peace and tranquillity ensuring a good night’s sleep. The house has been beautifully renovated and has a very peaceful ambience. There is easy access to the beaches and masses of things to do in the surrounding areas.
Camprond Farmhouse Retreat sleeps 16 people. There are a total of eight bedrooms – five in the main house and three in the adjoining Gite. There are three very large doubles and two large twins in the main house, but there is room for extra beds if needs be. All are en-suite – three with baths and showers, and the other two have showers. Fluffy white towels and crisp white linen is also provided
There is a separate sitting area with television and its own kitchenette on the top floor, which has a double truckle and could sleep an additional two people.
The dining room can seat all guests in the house and there is seating in the sitting-room and common areas for the number of people accommodated.
There is underfloor heating, throughout the ground floor and large radiators in the bedrooms with heated towel rails in the ensuites, making this an ideal winter hideaway.
The luxury kitchen and breakfast room has solid marble surfaces and is fully equipped with a large double oven range cooker, dishwasher, crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils. There is also a utility room with washer and dryer and a further ground floor toilet and shower facilities.
In the disability adapted Gite there is one ground-floor double bedroom with profiling bed, which can also be used by non-wheelchair users, and overhead hoist. The kitchen is fully adapted, and the bathroom has an Aquanova bath with spa/jacuzzi facility and integral drying platform as well as a wet room shower. The two twin bedrooms upstairs also have their own ensuite facilities.
Outside there is space to seat in excess of 20 people with tables, umbrellas, and chairs. There is a fish pond, hot tub, sauna, and a yurt, which can be used for exercising such as Pilates or Yoga in the summer months. We also have a separate large games room which can be used for table tennis, functions, and board meetings.
Additionally, there are further toilets and showers as well as laundry facilities housed within the former kennels.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome at Camprond Farmhouse Retreat.
In the area:
There is a beautiful walk to Camprond (within three-quarters of a mile), where you can purchase provisions. There is also a cycle track to Countances (four cycles are provided with helmets and reflective tabards). The main shopping is in the beautiful Cathedral town of Coutances, which is ten minutes away by car and boasts a lovely cobbled market square with restaurants.
The sandy beaches are 20 minutes away, and have good swimming facilities, sand sailing, and windsurfing with a parade of shops on the promenade.
There are a number of traditional French cuisine and Michelin Star restaurants, all within 20 or 30 minutes.
Markets are held every day of the week in different towns. There is also Vide Greniers, who have sales every Sunday, A Depot Ventes is just outside Coutances and is circa 10 minutes away, which sells the most amazing antique French furniture, jewellery, rugs etc.
The Dior House is at Granville, where Christian Dior grew up and where there is an exhibition of his work and the actual dresses shoes and jewellery worn by celebrities, which changes regularly, not to mention the beautifully laid out gardens with seating areas from which to admire the view over the bay.
The Bayeux Tapestry, the American and German Cemeteries, and all the landing beaches from World War II and exhibitions are all within easy access. There are ferries from Portsmouth or from Poole to either Cherbourg or Caen, and the house is just over an hour from each port.
Contact Camprond Farmhouse Retreat at: camprond@ccmservices.co.uk
