Rushay – Large 9 Bedroom Holiday House Dorset | Jurassic Coast | Sleeps 20
Rent this country house for a weekend - or a week
Rushay is an Arts & Crafts house near Lyme Regis, designed for multi-generational stays, with space to slow down and spend time together.
Luxury 9-Bedroom Holiday House with Cottage – sleeps 20 – tennis court
Do you remember holidays that seemed to last forever?
Walks, talks, cake for tea, books by the fire…
WELCOME TO RUSHAY
Rushay is a large, luxurious country house built in 1906, with a converted stable cottage across the courtyard. Together they sleep up to 20 guests in 9 bedrooms: two king-size rooms, six doubles (with one en suite), an en suite ground floor double bedroom for easy access and an en suite attic dormitory with four singles.
The principal rooms face south and west, bay windows filling with light, and views across unspoilt countryside. High ceilings, waxed wooden floors, and a palette of whites amplify the sense of air and space. From beds and furniture to rugs and pictures, it has all been chosen with care. Kate’s interiors have appeared in World of Interiors and Ben Pentreath’s English Decoration; Jason (co-founder of the luxury travel company G&T Garden Tours) writes for Country Life magazine.
The house was completely renovated in 2021 using local, recycled materials wherever possible, staying true to its Arts & Crafts origins while ensuring modern comfort.
THE SETTING
Rushay stands just a mile from Charmouth’s beaches—one perfect for families, the other the most celebrated fossil beach on the Jurassic Coast. This is England’s only natural World Heritage Site, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where you can walk from garden to sea in twenty minutes. Drink in the views from Golden Cap, the highest point on the south coast.
Historic Lyme Regis lies three miles away, with its famous Cobb and dinosaur museums. Bridport‘s lively market town is ten minutes in the other direction. Axminster station (ten minutes into Devon) connects to London Waterloo in under three hours.
West Dorset is home to exceptional chefs and wonderful farm shops for local produce, meat and seafood.
Or you can leave it all behind by walking up into the surrounding hills—at least two crowned with Iron Age earthworks—for views across the Marshwood Vale to the sea and into two counties.
Small fields, ancient woodland, timeless.
OUR GUESTS
Over the past five years, Rushay has welcomed family gatherings, friends’ reunions, writing groups, decorous hen parties, cold swimmers, pilgrim bands, and lots and lots of dogs. We’re proud of our unbroken string of enthusiastic reviews.
Whether it’s fossil hunting or hill walking, cooking feasts or curling up by the fire, swimming in the sea or simply being together, people tell us that Rushay makes the perfect base.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Find out what makes this area so special, and plan your adventures with our homemade guide.
In the Wall Street Journal’s April Off Duty section (click to read), Rushay was recommended for groups of friends and extended family.
In the July 2023 issue of Travel+Leisure magazine, Rushay was described as ‘the perfect place’ for walking holidays.