Bread Oven Cottage

About Bread Oven Cottage

This comfortable B listed historic accommodation features an open plan lounge with wood burning stove, a well equipped kitchen and a dining area along with two unique bedrooms. The master bedroom upstairs can be configured either with a Superking double or Twin beds and has a large ensuite shower room with toilet and washbasin. Smaller than the Master bedroom, the downstairs bedroom features the original Bread Oven next to an original fireplace as well as a Kingsize double bed with adjacent private shower room with toilet and washbasin. Fully renovated and furnished with contemporary furniture and a modern kitchen complementing the ancient fabric and character of the building, Bread Oven Cottage provides an ideal place to relax and unwind.

With full wi-fi controlled and zoned central heating, LED lighting and low energy appliances throughout, the cottage is as eco friendly as we can make it whilst retaining its historical character and charm. We have an on-site EV charging facility via our 7.4Kw untethered type 2 charger. Commercial fast charger facilities are available just 6 miles away in Tweedbank.

The pretty enclosed garden features a sunny central seating area close to the original well once used to supply the property and its generations of past residents. There is parking for up to two guest cars within the garden gates.

The Bread Oven Cottage website features more pictures of the accommodation inside and out. It also includes a link to a comprehensive online guest information folder which you can download or view online. The guide features details of the property, its facilities and to the local area but if there is anything else you need to know just contact your hosts Andy & Sue Keen by email, Whatsapp, website chat, telephone - whatever is easiest for you. Contact details are on this listing with more on the website and Andy & Sue are always there help!

Unfortunately due the entry step down and internal staircase the cottage is not suitable for wheelchairs. Please also be aware that the floors are not all flat due to the age and character of the building.

Located in the small village of Smailholm and nestled in the Scottish Borders. Set midway between the market town of Kelso and ancient Melrose, Bread Oven Cottage is ideally placed as a base for many activities. Close by is Smailholm Tower, often visited in his childhood by Sir Walter Scott.

The Scottish Borders are famous for historical abbeys, ancient castles, magnificent country estates, walking, cycling, fishing and shooting, not to mention the glorious scenery and coast. History and rolling scenery abound and yet the cottage is also less than an hour away from Edinburgh and just a little further from Glasgow. The Borders Railway is just 6miles away in Tweedbank with trains every 30minutes or so into Waverly Station in the centre of Edinburgh between the sights and sounds of the new and the old towns.

Bread Oven Cottage was granted a 3 year Short Term Let licence SB-00324-F by Scottish Borders Council on 18th June 2024.and has an EPC Rating of C.

It is truly accommodation to enjoy at any time of year! Why not stay a while and enjoy all the South of Scotland has to offer?