Garden Cottage — Bed & Breakfast in Penton Mewsey, Andover

A thatched
retreat in the
Hampshire countryside.

Three ensuite rooms behind a wisteria-clad brick façade, breakfasts slow-cooked on the Aga, and a quarter-acre of English garden to lose yourself in. Quietly exceptional — and rated 9.6/10 by guests who came as strangers and left as friends.

An 18th-century
home, opened
to travellers.

Tucked down Newbury Lane in the chalk-stream village of Penton Mewsey, Garden Cottage has been a private home, a smallholding, and — for the past decade — one of Test Valley's most quietly loved bed & breakfasts.

Brick floors worn smooth by two centuries of footsteps. Low beamed ceilings. A Rayburn that has not gone cold since 1996. The garden rolls out in every direction: foxgloves and rambling roses in June, apples and quince by September, a snowdrop row that opens every February along the south wall.

It is the sort of place people come back to — for the walk to the Pub on the Green, for the silence at night, for the eggs from next door's hens.

— Margaret & Tom, your hosts

from £101 / night

The Garden Room

Ground-floor room opening directly onto the rose garden. King bed, original brick floor, a deep armchair by the window.

Sleeps2 · King
EnsuiteWalk-in shower
OutlookSouth garden

Reserve the Garden Room

from £115 / night

The Rose Room

First-floor room under the eaves, with exposed oak beams and a roll-top bath in the ensuite. Our most-photographed room.

Sleeps2 · King
EnsuiteRoll-top bath
OutlookSide garden

Reserve the Rose Room

from £135 / night

The Orchard Suite

Our largest room — a super-king with a small private sitting area. Looks east over the orchard and the old flint wall.

Sleeps2 · Super-king
EnsuiteShower + bath
OutlookOrchard, east

Reserve the Orchard Suite

From the Aga,
from the garden,
from down the road.

Breakfast is served at one long oak table in the garden room. Bread is baked the night before. Eggs come from Reg's hens, three doors down. Sausages and bacon are cured at the Kimbridge estate, seven miles south. Marmalade is made each January in our own kitchen from the garden's Seville oranges.

Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free plates are always on the table — just mention it when you book.

174 stays.
Stories worth telling.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Genuinely the most peaceful three nights we have had in years. Margaret left fresh flowers in the room and the breakfast was extraordinary. We are already planning to come back for the snowdrops."

— Eleanor R., Bath

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"The location is unbeatable — a real village, a real pub ten minutes' walk away, and yet Andover station is a ten-minute drive. Perfect balance. The cottage itself is gorgeous and smelled of bread."

— David K., Edinburgh

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Stayed in the Rose Room. The bath, the beams, the birdsong, the eggs. A masterclass in how to run a B&B without ever making you feel like a guest. We did not want to leave."

— Priya & Sam, London

In a village,
not far from anywhere.

Penton Mewsey sits four miles west of Andover, surrounded by the chalk downs and the rivers Test and Anton. London Waterloo is 65 minutes by train from Andover. Stonehenge is half an hour by car. Salisbury, Winchester and the New Forest are all within forty minutes.

The Pub on the Green — a thatched 17th-century local serving good food — is a four-minute walk across the meadow.

Garden Cottage B&B

Newbury Lane
Penton Mewsey
Andover SP11 0RN
United Kingdom

A thatched
retreat in the
Hampshire countryside.

An 18th-century
home, opened
to travellers.

Three rooms,
each with its
own view.

The Garden Room

The Rose Room

The Orchard Suite

From the Aga,
from the garden,
from down the road.

174 stays.
Stories worth telling.

In a village,
not far from anywhere.

Come and stay.

A thatchedretreat in theHampshire countryside.

An 18th-centuryhome, openedto travellers.

Three rooms,each with itsown view.

The Garden Room

The Rose Room

The Orchard Suite

From the Aga,from the garden,from down the road.

174 stays.Stories worth telling.

In a village,not far from anywhere.

Come and stay.

A thatched
retreat in the
Hampshire countryside.

An 18th-century
home, opened
to travellers.

Three rooms,
each with its
own view.

From the Aga,
from the garden,
from down the road.

174 stays.
Stories worth telling.

In a village,
not far from anywhere.