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The Great Barn

The Great Barn

Devon, England

Type of Accommodation: Other place

Plunge down a tunnel of arched trees to discover Devon's exclusive 'thatched cathedral': a threshing barn in medieval times, superbly 21st-century now...

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Combe House Devon

Combe House Devon

Devon, England

Type of Accommodation: Hotel & Self-catering

Combe is immaculate, an aristocratic Elizabethan manor house on a huge estate. Up a long drive, past Arabian horses running wild in the distance, you pull up at a place of architectural splendour...

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Combe House Devon

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