Finch Cottage · Est. 2014 · Lake, Salisbury
We woke to swallows on the gutter and the smell of bread from the AGA. Eleanor left a hand-written note about the apple walk.
Margaret & Tom, Edinburgh Three-night stay, July 2024
4 guest rooms 1 acre of cottage garden 3 miles from Stonehenge
Finch Cottage at dawn — a thatched Flint-and-brick Wiltshire cottage framed by climbing roses and an old apple tree, with mist rising over the Vale of Salisbury.
Finch Cottage, dawn SP4 7BX
A note from the house

Finch Cottage is a flint-and-brick farmhouse at the quiet end of the village of Lake, six miles from Salisbury Cathedral and three from the stones at Stonehenge. We keep four guest rooms, an AGA that never goes out, and a long table where breakfast lasts as long as the conversation.

What you'll find here

Four rooms, each named after a bird that visits the garden hedge. No two stay the same.

i. — The rooms

The four rooms

Linen, Wiltshire wool blankets, jugs of garden flowers, and windows that actually open onto the orchard. Wren, Robin, Finch and Lark — each one different, all quiet.

Super-king · Twin · Family
ii. — The table

The breakfast table

Served 8 to 9:30 at the long oak table. Wiltshire-cured bacon, eggs from next door's hens, slow-baked porridge, Eleanor's plum jam. Vegetarians and slower risers are easily accommodated.

8:00 – 9:30 · Daily
iii. — The garden

An acre of garden

Roses, a walled herb patch, two old apple trees, and a bench that catches the last of the evening sun. The orchard walk is best in late May; the apple pressing is best in October.

Open to guests all hours
iv. — The village

What's near

Stonehenge is a twenty-minute walk across the fields. Salisbury Cathedral (and the best Choral Evensong in the west country) is six miles south. The Woodford riverside pub does a fine Sunday roast.

Stonehenge · Old Sarum · Cathedral Close
Tariff · per room, per night

Simple tariffs, no surprises.

Rates include breakfast, the garden, Wi-Fi that mostly works, and as much or as little conversation as you'd like. Two-night minimum on weekends. We don't take single-night stays on Saturdays in summer — the cottage likes to settle.

WrenTwin · garden side
£140 / night
RobinDouble · orchard view
£165 / night
FinchSuper-king · fireplace
£185 / night
LarkFamily suite · sleeps 4
£210 / night
Best rate is always direct — call Eleanor on the number below. We don't pay booking-platform commissions, and you don't pay them either.

From the guest book

A few lines from the leather book on the hall dresser, written by hand.

★★★★★

We came for one night and stayed four. Eleanor makes you feel like you've wandered into someone's home, not a business — which is exactly what it is.

Sarah & David
Bristol · stayed in Finch room · April 2024
★★★★★

The walk to Stonehenge across the byway at dawn, before the coaches arrive — that alone was worth the trip. The breakfast afterwards was the other half.

Henrik
Copenhagen · solo traveller · June 2024
★★★★★

Third visit. The AGA, the robins on the windowsill, the same wool blanket on the same bed. Some places stay the same — and that is the whole point.

Pip & Marcus
London · anniversaries, 2022 / 23 / 24
Stay with us

Come and find Finch.

We take bookings the old-fashioned way — by telephone or a short note. Eleanor answers between nine and six, and always prefers a chat to a form. Give us a ring.

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