The Birdhouse Holiday accommodation, Ashburton, Devon

23/08/2026

Our very first booking and also our last guests of the summer holidays. We love it when guests love the place as much as we do.

14/08/2026

We've been a bit quiet on the social media front, enjoying the summer holidays and our beautiful part of the world. This photo sums it up, Dartmoor, water, ponies, sunshine and friends. We are so lucky.

15/07/2026

Maybe this answers the which came first question?? Chicken or egg? Clearly you just grow them!! It certainly explains why my veg season is not going too well, although they did a cracking job of digging up the potatoes 👏 🤣🤣

26/06/2026

Hope you've all managed to keep cool this week. Our boy has found his own unique way of cooling down whilst having fun!!

19/06/2026

Here at The Birdhouse we have a bore hole to access the best, in our opinion, tasting water around!

The water has been laboratory tested so the correct filters were installed to make it super safe for human consumption and this system is serviced on a yearly basis.

The water comes from the top of our garden, passes through, it is then filtered clean before being expelled back into the garden!

10/06/2026

Fantastic. 3rd set of happy visitors.

03/05/2026

Ashburton in the news! See comments for more articles.

Myth, ritual and community are drawing new energy and believers to Devon town on edge of Dartmoor

01/05/2026

Took a moment to stop today to admire nature's beautiful creations in our garden here at The Birdhouse.

We hope that you all have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend.

22/04/2026

We thought you might be interested in the background story to The Birdhouse.

In the early 1980’s Seymour and Lillian bought the property when Seymour retired from farming and running a dairy in Decoy, Newton Abbot.

Chickens were a life long passion of Seymour’s and the large garden here, enabled him to continue with this until his death in 1991.

Over the years it was extended and renovated, Pat, Seymour and Lillian’s daughter moved in; but by 2017 it was decided it would be more cost effective to knock it down and rebuild than to continue to try and repair. Chrissie (Pats daughter) and Martin her husband sold their house to finance this endeavour and the solution was one house where everyone could live. Pat, who was now widowed had family living in and could live in comfort for the rest of her years. Chrissie, Martin their daughters and Buster the collie had a lovely home with a fabulous garden. Win, win.

10/04/2026

Beautiful evening last night at The Birdhouse. Just listen to those birds singing 😀