Gatwick 5 minutes - Converted Barn

A 17th Century timbered converted barn, perfect for either starting or finishing your holiday from Gatwick. The house is situated only 1 mile from Gatwick Airport and 5 miles from Reigate, and yet it overlooks fields and open country. A 17th Century timbered converted barn, perfect for either starting or finishing your holiday from Gatwick. The house is situated only 1 mile from Gatwick Airport and 5 miles from Reigate, and yet it overlooks fields and open country. The accommodation is a twin bedded room with adjacent private shower room/WC, flat screen TV, double wardrobe, electric blankets, hair dryer, gas central heating, tea & coffee making facilities and ample parking. We are now NOT able to collect and pick up from or drop off at Gatwick Airport as the Authorities have brought in a £5 charge for each visit. We therefore recommend taking a taxi from the airport to us at a cost (Sept 2021) of £12. The return taxi fare through a local company is £11. If you wish to leave your car here whilst you are away, then we charge an additional £35.00 per week per vehicle and it is a lot more secure than any of the airport locations and far easier to access. The house has Wi-Fi and we will provide the code upon arrival. A full English breakfast can be provided if your departure is after 9 am otherwise a toast & cereal or picnic breakfast is available and all of these are included in the price. . The twin room is on the 1st floor (one flight of stairs), off its own landing, giving additional privacy. The Black Horse Public House is some 200 yards along the road and offers good pub food and a good range of traditional ales. However we can now provide a 2 course evening meal for £20.00 a head as an extra, if required. If you are travelling here by train, Gatwick is probably the most convenient station but Redhill is only 15 minutes drive away. Buses however are not a really viable option, particularly if you have luggage. The area comprises many pretty Surrey villages, with charming pubs and churches and the towns of Dorking (11 miles) and Reigate (5 miles) offer a good range of shops. DRIVING - these are the directions to Manor Farm and there are photographs in the listing of the view approaching from Gatwick & Reigate and of up the drive. Travelling South from Reigate towards Gatwick Airport, follow the A217 signs. You will come to a small section of dual carriageway with The Black Horse Public House on your left on the corner of Mill Lane. Some 300 yards beyond the pub, you will see the big white road sign below and opposite two grubby white low level walls marking the end of our drive. If you are travelling North from Gatwick Airport, again you follow the A217 signposted to Reigate. Leave the A23 by going straight over at Gatwick Longbridge Roundabout. Go straight on at the next roundabout by Tesco’s & the petrol station. At the next roundabout, turn right passing Fairalls, Builders Merchants on your right and then your view will be as in the photograph below. Some 300 yards on from the roundabout you will see the large white road sign below and just before two white low level pillars marking the end of our drive. They are lit at night. The drive then looks like the photograph below. At night time the drive is lit. Drive up and hopefully you will see a Blue VW Touran. If there is a gap, please park there. A delightful & attractive English country house, we would be very happy to welcome you here. The whole house As much as they want. We are happy to have them join us for a beer, glass of wine, tea or coffee in the Drawing Room or Garden Room and put the world to rights! It is very peaceful, rural and yet only 1 mile from Gatwick Airport. It is a very old barn converted into a house in 1948. It is full of beams and character and our whole family love it. Buses do run fairly locally, but a car is almost essential. Trains at Horley or Gatwick are 1 mile away with excellent services to London, Brighton & beyond.