The Cowshed: a one-bedroom lodge for two at The Firs
Updated: Oct 19
The Cowshed: a one-bedroom lodge for two at The Firs
Sleeps 2 · 1 bedroom · 1 bathroom · approximately 500 sq ft · Converted 18th-century farm building
The Cowshed is a one-bedroom lodge with a separate living room — at around 500 sq ft, it's twice the size of The Butterchurn for the same two people. The bedroom is approximately 14ft by 14ft, with a superking bed and French doors onto a private terrace.
Size and layout
Approximately 500 sq ft
Separate living space
One superking Hypnos cashmere bed
Bedroom approximately 14ft x 14ft
One sofa and a dining table
One bathroom with a shower
Star-gazing window
Kitchen
Induction hob
Oven
Fridge with a small freezer compartment
Nespresso machine
No dishwasher
Heat and fire
Esse Bakeheart wood-burning stove
Private wood-fired hot tub, sized for four to six: a still, quiet soaking tub with no jets and no lights
Private firepit
A hot tub made for stillness
The hot tub at The Cowshed is a wood-fired soaking tub, kept simple on purpose: warm, still water, with no jets and no lights.
Calm. Still water and steady heat slow you down, with no pumps or bubbles to compete with.
Quiet. Without the roar of jets, conversation stays soft and the whole site stays peaceful.
The surroundings. You can hear the countryside, and with no lights in the water the night sky is yours to watch.
What isn't here
Worth knowing before you book:
No television. None of our lodges have one — that's deliberate, though the wifi is good throughout
No dishwasher
No dogs. We don't accept them anywhere on the site
The washing machine and dryer are in the Boot Room, a separate building shared with other guests
Available on request
Travel cot
Floor bed
Who it suits
Two people who want room to spread out, and who'd rather not have the bed in the same room as the sofa. The hot tub is one of our larger ones, sized for four to six, which is more space than two people strictly need — no complaints so far.
The building
The Cowshed and The Butterchurn together formed the original cowshed, back when The Firs was a dairy farm in the 1970s. The ceilings, beams and doorways are the original framework, and the floor sloped significantly — which is why ground levels and ceiling heights still change as you move through.
The dairy's internal sliding door is back in its original position. The open window between the kitchen and the snug is the one that was always there. The pamment tiles from the dairy floor were lifted and reused as the hearth for the wood-burning stove. The larger external dairy door is still sitting in the barn, waiting for us to find the right spot for it.
The other lodges
Email Alison directly: info@thefirssuffolk.co.uk
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