Musbury Chapel has been beautifully restored to create a fabulous home, just three miles inland from the Jurassic Coast.
This amazing renovation and design project has transformed the chapel into a contemporary family home.
The fully equipped kitchen has a wonderful range cooker and all you need for holiday feasts.
The dining-area has bi-fold and tri-fold doors, that open to bring the outside in.
The beautiful garden and patio area.
The utility-area of the open plan kitchen/dining-room.
This wonderful open plan sitting-room has a cosy wood-burner for cooler evenings.
This very clever design sits beautifully with the existing character of the chapel.
The beautiful sitting-room is flooded with light.
Looking back at the patio area.
The garden looks out onto fields owned by the nearby dairy farm.
Children will be delighted by their very own den and choice of toys in the garden, please supervise children at all times.
The nearby beach at Beer, the fish shop on the beach sells the catch of the day, ideal for the barbecue.
The chapel has been lovingly and painstakingly restored.
The bi-fold and tri-fold doors open to create a wonderful space.
Your dog is welcomed at Musbury Chapel.
The master bedroom has this beautiful feature window, protected by a glass safety screen.
The super-comfy 5ft king-size bed in this bedroom flooded with light.
The en suite bathroom for the master bedroom with corner shower cubicle.
Bedroom 2 has an en suite shower room and a safety cage protects the flue that comes up from the wood-burner below.
Bedroom 3 has sloping ceilings and a 6ft super-king size bed can be split into two 3ft single beds.
The en suite shower-room for bedroom 2.
Bedroom 3.
Th en suite bathroom for bedroom 3, great for soaking sandy children.
The first floor landing is flooded with light and reveals the structure of this beautiful renovation.
Fun time begins, this wonderful playroom/snug has enough toys to keep children amused all holiday, you may have to drag them away.
This ground floor shower-room is adjacent to the playroom/snug, which is behind the kitchen.
Musbury Chapel has a very useful electric car charging point.
The Hive Beach Cafe at nearby Burton Bradstock serves locally caught seafood and delicious cakes.
Nearby is West Bay, part of The World Heriatge Jurassic coast and the filming location for the TV series Broadchurch.
Nearby Axmouth on the World Heritage Jurassic Coast.
Seaton tramway runs from nearby Colyton beside the River Axe estuary through two nature reserves, perfect for spotting birds.
Nearby Branscombe has a fabulous beach cafe.
Millers farm shop has some delicious holiday treats and goodies.
Sidmouth has lots of restaurants, pubs and a wonderful ice cream parlour.
Jacob's Ladder at nearby Regency Sidmouth, the reward at the top is a lovely restaurant and tea shop.
River Cottage HQ is a very short drive from Musbury Chapel, why not book in for a holiday cookery course.
The iconic Cobb at nearby Lyme Regis, where you will also find a beach, summer water sports hire, fishing trips, and great places to eat and drink.
Hix Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis serves fabulous food with magnificent views. Hix offers a 10% discount to Classic Cottages guests for groups of 6 or less. Please show booking information.
The beach at Seatown, with the award-winning Anchor Inn.
Felicity's award-winning farm shop is just over the border into Dorset and sells great local and organic produce.
Musbury Chapel
37261.6 miles E of Colyton | Sleeps 6 + cot
7 Nights from £1082
The location of attractions is intended only as a guide. Distances are 'as the crow flies'.
Nearby pub
A typical English village pub with black beams and brass ornaments on the wall. It serves locally brewed ales and reasonably priced food, including a good ol' roast on a Sunday. The front courtyard features a boules piste and Axe Valley views, and the beer garden out back is enclosed to keep the dogs and children contained.
September 2023
Sunday Lunch
Great Sunday Lunch. Beef was perfect price fair friendly staff
Excellent value.
October 2022
Great pub
Just a few minutes up the road, a really friendly pub and very good food
Nearby beach
With stunning views across Lyme Bay, this shingle beach stretches for about a mile. Take your swimmers, this is a good swimming beach and ideal for kayaking. If you'd rather not walk on the pebbles there's a flat esplanade which is much easier going.
November 2021
Beer
The walk from Seaton to Beer is well worth the effort. Either using the coastal path or footpath from the end of Seaton beach to Beer makes a good walk to be rewarded by the prettiest of bays.
Nearby walk
An appealing spot for walkers, photographers, bird watchers or anyone wanting to escape into nature. With beautiful views across the Axe Valley. Catch a sunset over one of the fishing lakes.
Nearby town
Although easy to access, this little town is unspoilt and displays historic charm alongside riverside walks with dog friendly pubs and a tram station, all within three miles of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Gateway at Seaton. Have a day out to the National Trust's Shute Barton, nearby, or head out to the Blackdown Hills. You're also near enough to Beer, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth and the Cathedral City of Exeter.
Also nearby
A truly beautiful 10 acre garden with unusual plants and stunning views. You will also find a tearoom, gift shop and nursery here.
August 2022
A lovely walk.
This is a lovely place to visit whether you choose to pay and walk around the grounds, as we have done, or just have something to eat and browse the garden centre. The food is excellent and walks peaceful. We have never been without coming away with some plants for our garden.
June 2022
Burrow Farm Gardens
An unusual family designed garden in a stunning setting. The tea room served excellent food and was good value. Nursery had a good selection of well tended plants.
Staff were friendly and helpful making it a perfect place to visit
October 2020
Lovely garden
Pretty garden for an afternoon meander. Good tearoom and plant nursery.
August 2012
A gardeners paradise
A 10 acre garden which has been lovingly created by the family of an ex-dairy farmer. The garden has lots of interest, including the Millenium garden styled around a beautiful trickling stream and a large woodland garden including some of the biggest giant rhubarb we've ever seen. There is a great little tea room serving hard earned tea and cake after you've explored the gardens. There is a nursery selling plants reared at the gardens and other garden essentials. Everything we've bought from them has thrived, so they clearly take great care in what they produce. There is a large landscaping business run by their son attached to the gardens, with further stocks of shrubs and trees to explore.
Set right on the sea front next to the famous Cobb, enjoy homemade freshly prepared food either in the restaurant, veranda or the private beach area. Children are well catered for.
March 2024
Great meal
Great choice of food and a lovely atmosphere
October 2023
Harbour inn
Excellent fish pie
March 2023
Trisha Everton
Excellent food and was definitely the best meal we had while staying in Lyme Regis ! Really superb and could not fault it !
October 2022
..best seat in the town
sit and watch the world go by with a pint, sat outside with the whole of the jurassic coast facing you.. whatever the weather, it does not get any better
June 2022
Friendly, good food and service, varied menu and childrens menu
Right on the front with a outside seating area on the edge of the beach
April 2022
Beautiful food
Beautiful food in a perfect location. Make sure you book as it gets very busy
Awash with history, Lyme Regis is an integral part of Dorset’s famous Jurassic Coast; guided fossil hunting tours are a popular way to discover the rich geological history of the area. Literary history is equally important to Lyme Regis; the unique harbour, known as ‘The Cobb’ was immortalised by John Fowles in his novel ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ and Thomas Hardy set many of his novels in the area.
September 2022
Lyme Regis
Well worth a visit to one of our favourite places in Dorset. Lovely independent shops and always walk around the Cob. The high street is a must and plenty of parking.
If you take your dog visit the Pug and Puffin for many doggy things.
August 2019
Lyme regis
10 mins away, £2 to park all day, AMAZING! Beautiful town, lovely shops great sea front, and not too busy, highly recommend.
September 2015
Great memories here! Would love to go back soon
August 2012
Excellent parking very difficult in good weather but park and ride regular and drops off in good position. Beach very crowded and deckchairs etc. in short supply.
August 2012
This is a really brilliant bustling seaside town. The thing to be aware of before making the trip is that summertime parking is a challenge. We combat this by getting there early or late. Early means before about tenish, and you're guaranteed easy parking. A late visit for fish and chips on the beach watching the sun go down is brilliant too. The town has great shops to browse, and a huge range of pubs, restaurants and other eateries. There's always something going on, with Lifeboat week in late July being a particularly good event, with a Red Arrows fly by ending the week in style. There's a sandy section for the kids near the cob, but otherwise pebbly. Beach huts line the far end of the beach. You can walk to Charmouth from Lyme Regis and enjoy the amazing fossil hunting along the way.
July 2012
Lyme Regis
Okay but not a lot to do there, we walked out on the Cobb which was a little disappointing and wandered around the town.We were going to eat in the Hix restaurant but after searching reviews we decided to give it a miss, the service seemed hit and miss and had some less than complimentary reviews about poor service, quality of food, service charges etc. Seems you might just be paying for a name here rather than service. We do not mind paying for quality food but will not dine at a place that charges and does not back up its costs.There is a cheese shop down one of the side streets (The Town Mill) that has a great variety of cheeses but beware you are not allowed to touch them (even the wrapped & priced ones) you have to stand there looking only and then ask for everything you want to buy!
January 2010
Dorset seaside town
A sandy beach - rare on this stretch of coast - and if not beach weather always something interesting to do and see. Fossil hunting, mackerel fishing and other boat trips, walking in the French Lieutenant's Woman's steps on the cobb, regular events like the jazz festival, town band performances , excellent range of eating places...
February 2009
Old fashioned sea-side charm
Lyme is the most beautiful place to visit, whether it is sunny or pouring down with rain. Last time we visited it was a damp cold day in October, but the town still shone. Ideal for families as you can choose from pebble or sandy bits of beach. The cobb is great for grandparents who wish to reminisce about the French Lieutenant's Woman. For those with twenty thousand pounds to spare, you might be able to snap up the odd beach hut! For mums and daughters and anyone else who likes pottering, the shops in the town are delightful with delis, independent bookstores, Joules and White Stuff clothing and quirky giftshops.
July 2008
Fond memories.....
..... of camping in a field on school trips. Mini-bus trips in the rain to the beach then the rush to the fudge shop for the best flavours!
Scenic tram rides between Seaton and Coylford following the old railway beside the Axe estuary. The route goes through two nature reserves, giving you great views of the birdlife.
April 2022
Great fun for the whole family
Great fun for the whole family. Make sure you wrap up warm if your sitting on the top deck. Some new stops due to open summer 2022 that look great for bird watching and picnics
September 2012
Seaton Tramway
A great trip for the family, our 4 year old son loved it. If you get there early, it is possible to have unlimited trips for the day for only £1 extra. It takes 25mins each way from Seaton to Colyton. It is probably worthwhile factoring in some time to walk around both Seaton and Colyton.
January 2012
Seaton Tramway
It was great fun. Do take it from Colyton to Seaton - and back - the parking is free at that end. Allow at least a couple of hours at Seaton - even more if the weather is really good.
January 2010
Scenic tram rides
Short but sweet - especially when you stop for refeshment at the flower bedecked platform at the Colyton end of the line. A good opportunity to birdwatch. Open air upper deck good fun for the kids - they don't feel the cold!
Classic old-fashioned seaside charm. Little wooden changing huts line up on the beach in front of the striking white chalk cliffs. The town has been a fishing port since the 15th Century and many of the buildings are listed.
May 2023
Beer coastal walk
Lovely coastal walk. You do walk in fields with livestock (sheep and cows) so something to remember if you go with a dogs.
August 2012
Absolutely lovely small seaside town. Nice shops and facilities. Beach side cafe excellent and no one minded my elderly mother sitting there all day. Limited availability of deckchairs and no sun umbrellas at all. Good fishing trip for mackerel. Parking some distance from the town.
January 2010
Devon Seaside village
Pretty beach, fresh fish - catch your own mackerel boats if you like - and Pecorama - delightful gardens, model railway and regular childrens activites/events. Super cliff walk to Branscombe.
February 2009
The beach is a lovely combination of children's paradise whilst retaining an element of a working seaside town with atmospheric fishing boats waiting to be taken out. Possibly one of the most enticing reasons for coming to Beer are the fresh fish stalls at the edge of the beach where you can pick up fresh crab, lobster and many other things in the catch of the day - a must for fish lovers! The Dolphin and the Anchor pubs deserve a mention for their food too.
- D Brazendale
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