| In the news "Vacation homes rarely live up to the name. While a house at the beach or on the lake is a great getaway place, it usually is not home in any real sense. But five years ago, David and Jan Kirkpatrick found a true second home, and they found it on the other side of the Atlantic, in Dorset in the southwest of England...." (.pdf format) |
Guest comments "I found the cottage originally in 2002 by looking for somewhere to stay in Dorset using Google. There had been nothing that appealed in the usual cottage agencies. Old Gaol came up somehow - could have been Special Places to Stay - and I contacted Nicki, she sent your brochure, and I just knew I'd love it..." |

We have created
a gallery of photographs of the interior of the cottage so that you can see all that there is to see. We hope this gallery will convince you that the Old Gaol Cottage is just as lovely as we have found it, & that it should be your next holiday destination.
Here is an eleven minute tour of our cottage, in Google Video format. You will need the Adobe Flash player installed in order to see the video. If you need the Flash player, you can download it here.