Large cottage to rent in Lyme Regis - sleeps 8

Fossilers Lodge Cottage 4 bedrooms, sleeps 8

This town centre property is within walking distance of the beach and a host of local amenities.

Accommodation details

First Floor:
Living room: With wood burner, Smart TV with Netflix, DVD player and CD player.
Kitchen/dining room: With electric oven, gas hob, microwave, fridge, freezer and dishwasher.
Bedroom 1: With double bed.
Shower room: With shower cubicle and toilet.
Second Floor:
Alcove: With washing machine and tumble dryer.
Bedroom 2: With double bed and en-suite with shower cubicle and toilet.
Bedroom 3: With twin beds.
Bedroom 4: With twin beds.
Bathroom: With bath and toilet.

Gas central heating, gas, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Logs for wood burner available locally. Travel cot, highchair and stairgate. Welcome pack. Sitting-out area. Private parking for 1 car; additional public car park £2 per day. No smoking. Please note: Access to other properties in sitting-out area. This property has a security deposit of £100.

Extra Amenities

Fossilers Lodge is part of one of the oldest, unspoilt buildings in Lyme Regis. Its rhomboid windows, rooms and floors give the sensation of being aboard a galleon ship at sea, and the coast can be seen just feet away from the south-facing windows. The nautical atmosphere continues through the apartment and the ornate panelling throughout the ground floor is reputed to have been salvaged from a shipwreck in Lyme Bay, some say from the Spanish Armada, though this is just local hearsay! There is much older, carved panelling sandwiched between the kitchen and dining areas sadly no longer visible, or rather, preserved for future discovery.

Other features such as the working window shutters and a wood burner in the living room, make this an ideal retreat year-round.
This fantastic home from home was built in the traditional unique ’cruck and beam’ style. This, along with many other restored historical detailing including the rare 8" elm floorboards and scalloped ceilings in the entrance stairwell, lend an air of old-world charm.

The building was originally a coaching inn back in the days when Lyme was a major commercial port. The museum directly opposite the property was the site of the Butter Market where Mary Anning, perhaps the greatest and certainly the most unrecognised fossiler of all time, lived in her little house overlooking her rich hunting grounds. Beach 50 yards. Shop, pub and restaurant 50 yard