Beautiful luxurious cosy living room with elegant features

Upper Slaughter

Jasmine Cottage

Sleeps 6 · 3 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms · From £350 · up to £500 peak

Jasmine Cottage sits at the heart of Upper Slaughter, a Grade II listed building of nineteenth-century Cotswold stone with an inglenook fireplace, ancient beams and Farrow & Ball-painted rooms. The cottage sleeps six across three bedrooms — the master with a king bed, ensuite roll-top bath and natural stone tiles; a twin reached through a low doorway up a second staircase; and a double with a built-in desk for guests working remotely.

The ground floor opens onto a well-equipped kitchen and a rustic oak dining table under a heavy timber lintel, with a wood-burning stove warming the lounge through the cooler months. Outside, an established garden gives way to a sunny patio fitted with a Kamado ceramic barbecue good for grilling, smoking and the occasional pizza — and a small outdoor playroom for younger guests.

Upper Slaughter is one of England's rare Thankful Villages: every man who served in the First World War returned. It's quieter than Bourton or Bibury, with footpath bridges over the River Eye and honey-stone cottages set along an unhurried lane.

Cottage sitting room with exposed diagonal structural beams overhead, a grey sofa layered with green and patterned cushions and a striped throw, a built-in bookshelf to the left, and a patterned ottoman with a wooden tray of books in front.

Cottage dining room with a farmhouse table under twin glass pendants, lit wood-burning stove in a stone fireplace, and a framed dog portrait on the wall.

Honey-stone Cotswold cottage with a walled garden, an outdoor dining table set for six on the patio, formal lavender beds and topiary, and village rooftops beyond the garden wall under a blue sky

Where it sits

Upper Slaughter sits on the River Eye in the heart of the Cotswolds, less travelled than Bourton or Bibury but every bit as beautiful. One of England's rare 'Thankful Villages' - every man who served in the First World War returned - its Grade II listed cottages, honey-stone bridges and unhurried pace suit guests who want the Cotswolds as it actually is.

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