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Where You'll Stay - Number 1 Mortimer Court

Inside......
The light and airy ground floor has an open plan sitting/dining room and fully equipped kitchen area.
Stairs lead to the first floor bedroom and bathroom.
The house is freshly carpeted throughout except for quarry tiles in the kitchen area and a new oak floor in the bathroom. There is fully controllable, gas central heating with thermostats on every radiator.

The Sitting and Dining area......
With windows to the south and west, has furniture especially chosen or made for the room. There is a comfortable, double sofa with vintage Welsh blanket and squashy cushions. The handmade oak and iron dining table, sofa table and low table were especially commissioned from www.theleglesstablecompany.co.uk. If you like them, you can order any size to suit. There are rather nice padded director's chairs which can also be taken outside and well placed lamps for reading and writing. There are collections of books and maps, games and local information. The un-obtrusive, flat-screen TV is discreetly placed with a DVD/CD player as well as a few films and music for watching and listening. The vintage style Roberts radio receives FM, MW and LW so no reason to miss Test Match Special! No digital TV or radio round here hence the house-phone for incoming calls and light-use outgoing calls - your mobile phone just may not work! Free wifi connection.

The Kitchen Area......
has been equipped by a cook for cooks. It is hoped that guests will find lots of wonderful local food to prepare, cook and eat. There are a full-sized, four burner gas hob with electric oven/grill, fridge-freezer, microwave, automatic washer-drier and a dishwasher to keep you away from the kitchen sink! The cupboards are full of new, matching bone china, good quality pots, pans, crocks, cutlery utensils and gadgets. We hope we've thought of useful added extras such as stove-top espresso pot, cafetiere and steamer baskets. On arrival you'll find the fridge filled with lots of Local to Ludlow breakfast specialities, local milk and apple juice all hand-picked by Carolyn and including the same ingredients she uses for her award-winning breakfasts at Lower Buckton. The cupboards are stocked with Lavazza ground coffee, proper leaf tea, herbal teas, sugar and condiments plus lots of foodie extras of the moment and there's lots of storage space for your own food.

On the Landing......
is a personalised, framed 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey map showing Ludlow as centre stage from where walks and days out can be plotted, planned and routed. All the walls throughout the cottage have old pictures, maps and prints of local scenes, original paintings by local artists and colourful, framed Ludlow Festival and Shropshire posters. There is also an interesting collection of vintage and antique auction posters, some of which are for sale.

The Bedroom......
Bright and light with a high ceiling and large window hung with a linen blind and vintage, floaty Laura Ashley curtains which overlooks the walled garden. A wonderful afternoon sun trap - curl up on the French-linen covered chair, with a book and dream. The five foot bed, which will split into two if required, is made up with high quality, pure Egyptian cotton sheets and covers, featherdown quilts and pillows. There are oak-topped bedside tables, radio/alarm clock, lots of mirrors, plenty storage space in the walk-in airing cupboard full of fluffy towels and lots of hanging space in the fitted wardrobe.

The Bathroom......
has a new, English oak floor, steel-enamel bath with an extremely powerful wall-mounted shower and lots of instant hot water, hand-basin with light/shaver point and low-level loo. In the cabinet are lots of special extras - including handmade soap.

Outside....The Secret Garden......
is Mortimer Court's jewel. Just outside the front door is an attractively paved sitting area with a wooden bench and a stone bench, herb garden, scented shrubs and climbing flowers - the perfect place for the early-morning sunshine. Follow the shallow steps, through the iron gate into another level sitting area, swathed with wisteria, honeysuckle and clematis. Pass the bamboo and vertical yew tree into the Mediterranean style, main courtyard garden flagged with stone slabs, brick paviers and cobbles. Here is the haunt of frogs, butterflies and birds. The dappled light shines through the trees, shrubs and climbing plants, casting shadows, sunbeams and pools of shade in this quiet, tranquil setting. This is a plantsman's garden - carefully thought out and full of rare, unusual and choice specimens creating interest, colour and contrast at all times of the year. Bring out the BBQ, draw up some chairs to the antique, cast iron table, open a bottle of wine and enjoy sunny mornings and hot afternoons - light the candles in their coloured, glass holders and enjoy the nights' scents on balmy evenings. Charles Chesshire, who uses the cottage as his writer's retreat has drawn-up a garden plan listing each plant, tree and shrub.

The Garden Shed......(everyone should have one!)
The garden's shed yields a bag of garden cushions and a traditional, pot-bellied cast iron BBQ with locally produced, sustainable charcoal. In here, guests can lock away their bicycles, boots and outdoor gear and air-dry clothes. There's kit for cleaning bikes and boots or repairing a puncture!