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Cavernous cathedral of space

Sociable spaces at The Old Yard echo with the chatter and laughter of 16 happy families, friends, hens, stags or colleagues dropped into a capacious cathedral of a space in the Yorkshire Wolds. Play pool in the games room, sink into the 12-seat swim spa, top up your glasses in the dog-friendly walled garden. Same again tomorrow?

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Chatter and warm laughter

Lovers of sociable spaces that echo with chatter and warm laughter should round up their families, friends, hens, stags, dogs or colleagues and hotfoot it down to the Yorkshire Wolds. Once a fold yard and wagon shed, The Old Yard is a capacious cathedral of a space for 16 guests where life flows smoothly from one merriment to the next.

There’s a cavernous feel to the beamed open-plan kitchen/dining/living space. You’ll move from the range kitchen with island stools into the dining space with room for the whole clan, into the living area. Loosen your belts and log on for a night in front of Netflix (bring your password).

Energy left? Head back in the other direction for the games room with pool table, TV and bluetooth speaker. Slide out from here for drinks or barbies in the walled garden or grab a towel and keep moving for the 12-seat swim-spa. Fight the current or go with the flow and just loosen up doing very little over drinks.

This is a world of traditional charm and modern touches, where the air’s as warm as the atmosphere, with toes kept toasty by underfloor heating. Double the warmth with the double-sided woodburner that wafts heat around the living and dining areas. Sleep in six en-suite bedrooms with kingsize and superking beds. Same again tomorrow?

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Hot tub, garden and grounds

Your dogs and kids will love the landscaped, walled garden. Within it, you’ll sit for hours over drinks on the patio furniture, occasionally turning your sausages on the gas barbecue or whacking the Swingball. From here, it’s just the slide of a door back into the swim-spa room or pool room. We’re all about flow here.

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Living spaces

This is the most open of open-plan living, designed for sociable gatherings and the family flow of moving from meal preparation to the dinner table to the forgiving couch in front of Netflix. It’s a monster of a space, with one end given up to soft sofas, the wall TV and a sparkling view onto the garden.

Head (hike?) beyond the kitchen to reach the games room, where the pool balls wait to be potted. Pop out from here to tend to the searing and sizzling barbecue. Keep going to reach the swim-spa room, where you can kick hard against the current for fitness or just bask in the bubbles and open another bottle of Beaujolais.

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Cooking & dining

Chattering and chopping won’t be an issue here. In the cavernous kitchen, dining and living space, you can dish the goss as you grill. When dinner’s ready, the table will take the whole clan and you can ferry the last of the wine over to the living area to continue the conversation or just nod off in front of Netflix.

If you’d prefer to slosh around in the swim-spa before being called decorously to dinner, consider hiring our pro chefs: At the Dinner Party, By Molly or Willows Catering. Book a one-off celebration or even a fully catered break. Put your feet up further with takeaways from Pizzaland, China China or The East, and fish and chips from Harper’s.

Fill the American-style fridge/freezer with deliveries from all the major supermarkets, meat from Trotter’s Farmshop, and deli or afternoon tea from Sally Middlewood’s. Pretend you’re in the Med in Snainton at The Coachman. Pick from breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner at The Farrier in Cayton. Or dig into small plates at FortySix.

Tuck into wild halibut fillet or lamb tagine at the highly rated Brandysnap Bistro. Eat great pub grub in the beer garden at The Star Inn in Weaverthorpe. Pop in to Nosh for paninis and sarnies. Get a taste of India at Spice 4 You. And find out what gelato tastes like when the chef has a degree in the subject, at The Groovy Moo.

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Bedrooms

The odd swoop of a red kite, the ter-wit of an owl and the snuffling of a fox might be all that keep you from snoozing in the Yorkshire Wolds. Helping you on the way to The Land of Nod are six generously sized en-suite bedrooms sleeping 16. Ground-floor rooms are particularly suitable for those with restricted mobility.

On the first floor, bedroom one is a superking en-suite with bath and shower, a sofa bed and wooden cot with space for extra beds, while bedroom two offers two kingsize beds, an en-suite with shower and space for a cot.

On the ground floor, bedroom three provides two kingsize beds and an en-suite with shower and grab rails. Bedroom four gives you a superking with en-suite shower and space for a cot and bedroom five and six are kingsize rooms with shower en-suites.

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What people say

What people say

This house is 5 stars!! Myself and a few friends stayed here to celebrate my birthday and had the BEST time! My favourite part was the hot tub, which was perfect for our group! We can't wait to come again. - Christina
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Beaches, puffins and Vikings

Find great beaches at Hunmanby Gap and Cayton Bay, and puffins at Flamborough Head. Ride the Cliffhanger at Flamingo Land Resort, feed the cuties at Playdale Farm and see how the Vikings lived in York. Walk the Yorkshire Wolds Way or ruin a good walk with golf at Ganton. See York Minster and wrap up with cocktails in Evil Eye.