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With gorgeous garden tubs, beds swathed in woollen blankets, and tables toppling under the weight of heavy cream and tarte tatin, our homes are at their most inviting during these chilly months. For coastal retreaters, painting in the window and dunking local shortbread into cups of cocoa are all that’s on the seaside syllabus. And in the glens and hilltops, country-goers will slosh through puddled bridleways and dream of the stew simmering on the Aga.
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Gaia Farmhouse
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Ullswater, The Lake District | Sleeps 2-10
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Meet Gaia, the Lake District farmhouse with a Scandi edge that's just a stone's throw from glistening Ullswater. A home of two halves, it strikes a balance between deep nature and luxe interiors.
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Crafter's Hut
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Mousehole, Cornwall | Sleeps 3
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With a Swedish wood-fired hot tub that takes in all the fishermen's cottages of Mousehole Harbour, this Cornish carpenter's workshop turned architect-designed eco home is hygge incarnate.
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Little Inka
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Bodmin Moor, Cornwall | Sleeps 2
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Life at Little Inka means devouring breakfasts of slow oats while soaking in the copper rolltop, ambling through the morning mists on Bodmin Moor, and stargazing with Champagne in the glass-roofed sleeping cabin.
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Elderwood Manor
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Barnstaple, Devon | Sleeps 14
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If a coast-and-country retreat is on your 2023 wishlist, Elderwood Manor has it all; from pea green love seats to movie nights that rival Hollywood, and country kitchens made for rumbling up delicious family suppers.
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