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Historic stone arch and cottage frontage at 1 Almshouses, Malmesbury
Sofa and window dining table in the sitting room
Cottage entrance and internal staircase
Ornate wooden bed with fabric canopy
Kitchen with fridge freezer and washing machine
Sitting room with television and dining space
Sofa beneath framed artwork
Deep sofa and shelves in the cottage sitting room
Small table and chairs beside the cottage window
Internal stairs and upstairs landing
Shower enclosure, basin and toilet
White tiled shower room
Shower room mirror and doorway
Bedroom with wooden bed and painted ceiling beams
Canopied bed beside the upstairs window
Street view of the stone arch and former almshouses
Carved stone detail above the historic arch

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Malmesbury · Wiltshire · Cotswolds borders

1 Almshouses: a romantic historic cottage for two in Malmesbury

An ornate stone arch outside and a curtained antique bed upstairs. This little Malmesbury cottage is a choice for couples who would rather spend their weekend in a historic town than drive between villages.

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The details that matter

What you’ll find at 1 Almshouses

Your stay

  • Sleeps two
  • One bedroom
  • One shower room
  • Upstairs bedroom

Character

  • Grade II listed building
  • Former 17th-century almshouse
  • Ornate wooden bed
  • Historic stone arch

Your base

  • Malmesbury, Wiltshire
  • Cotswolds borders
  • Kitchen
  • Dining space for two
  • Internal stairs

A small cottage with a story

1 Almshouses belongs to a terrace of three former almshouses dating from the 17th century. The building is Grade II listed, and the stone arch in the supplied photographs makes the setting feel quite different from a modern holiday apartment.

Inside, the pictures show a sitting room with a deep sofa, framed pictures and a small table by the window. The appeal is the scale: a place for two to settle after wandering through town, without a large house to fill.

Stay in for dinner

The kitchen photographs show fitted cabinets, a fridge/freezer and a washing machine. There is dining space for two, so you can keep one evening simple with food brought back to the cottage.

Upstairs, the bed has an ornate wooden frame and fabric canopy. The shower-room photographs show a shower enclosure, basin and toilet.

Malmesbury and the Cotswolds borders

This is a Wiltshire town base on the edge of the Cotswolds. Start with Malmesbury itself rather than treating it as somewhere to sleep between drives. The provider also suggests Tetbury, Cirencester and Bath as places to explore further afield.

Compare it with the village stays in our Cotswolds guide for couples. Our Broadway itinerary covers a different part of the region; it is not a walk-from-the-door plan for this cottage.