Dorset
Upwey House
- 24 Guests
- 9 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
A stunning 17th Century Manor House with 23 acres of private land.
Weekends From £2,825
Weeks From £4,025
Large holiday homes across the UK
From coastal retreats to countryside estates, whether you need to sleep 14 or 40+, our collection of large holiday homes to rent offers properties that actually work for big groups: expansive kitchens, dining rooms with space for all, and enough bathrooms to avoid a queue.
Cheshire
Crag Hall
- 20 Guests
- 11 Bedrooms
- 7 Bathrooms
Crag Hall is an impressive country house sitting above the picturesque village of Wildboarclough, with breath-taking views of the Peak District National Park.
Weekends From £4,125
Weeks From £5,500
Somerset
Tone Dale House
- 31 Guests
- 16 Bedrooms
- 10 Bathrooms
A big, friendly party-house with plenty to keep everyone entertained, set beside a lazy mill stream.
Weekends From £3,900
Weeks From £7,350
Herefordshire
Little Gaerfields
- 25 Guests
- 9 Bedrooms
- 8 Bathrooms
Little Gaerfields - with beautiful views in the heart of Herefordshire. The perfect escape!
Weekends From £2,500
Weeks From £4,000
Argyll
Balinakill Country House
- 30 Guests
- 13 Bedrooms
- 12 Bathrooms
Balinakill is a welcoming Victorian country house, on West Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula
Weekends From £3,450
Weeks From £5,460
North Yorkshire
The Hall at Denton Reserve
- 50 Guests
- 25 Bedrooms
- 25 Bathrooms
Reimagined Grade I Georgian house for exclusive hire, set within 2,500 acres of Yorkshire countryside near the spa town of Ilkley.
Weekends From £10,000
Weeks From £35,000
Dumfries and Galloway
Dabton House
- 24 Guests
- 11 Bedrooms
- 11 Bathrooms
A splendid Georgian country house set on the picturesque Queensberry Estate in Dumfriesshire, Dabton House is the perfect venue for celebrations, holidaying with family and friends, sporting or other special interest groups, and corporate retreats.
Weekends From £6,000
Weeks From £9,000
Warwickshire
The Location House
- 14 Guests
- 5 Bedrooms
- 3.5 Bathrooms
Escape to your own private slice of English history at this Grade II* listed manor house, set amid peaceful countryside on the edge of Knowle Solihull
Weekends From £6,000
Weeks From £12,000
Cumbria
Low Graythwaite Hall
- 24 Guests
- 12 Bedrooms
- 7 Bathrooms
Stunning Country House with adjacent cottage and extensive private grounds in the heart of the Lake District. Sleeps 24. Wood fired hot tub
Weekends From £5,243
Weeks From £5,825
Gloucestershire
The Old Georgian Rectory
- 12 Guests
- 6 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
A stunning, light-filled rural retreat set in acres of gardens & meadows with views to the River Severn. Close to the Forest of Dean & the Wye Valley, it’s a perfect spot for fun filled family holidays and special celebrations.
Weekends From £2,080
Weeks From £4,800
Cumbria
Augill Castle
- 26 Guests
- 13 Bedrooms
- 13 Bathrooms
Augill Castle is a 19th century castle nestled between the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria’s Lake District, run in a deliciously informal style.
Weekends From £12,480
Weeks From £35,000
Somerset
Little Cheriton House
- 18 Guests
- 7 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
An elegant Georgian manor near Wincanton, Somerset
Weekends From £2,350
Weeks From £3,200
Big enough for everyone, cosy enough to feel like home
The best holidays are the ones where breakfast stretches past midday because your favourite people keep wandering in with a fresh pot of coffee. Where some of you are playing cards in the library while others throw lunch together. Where the children have the outside space to let off steam without disturbing grandad’s nap. This kind of easy, overlapping family time only works when you’ve got the run of somewhere seriously big.
Our large holiday homes sleep groups of 14 to 40 or more guests comfortably, so you can invite the whole extended family, or a big group of friends. You’ll find properly equipped kitchens, dining areas big enough for everyone to eat at the same time, multiple sitting rooms so you can choose your own company, and enough bedrooms that nobody’s sharing unless they want to. And big houses to rent often mean better facilities: many have games rooms and hot tubs.
Some are period manor houses — oak beams, inglenook fireplaces, boot rooms built for muddy walks. Others are converted barns with underfloor heating, coastal houses with beach access, or countryside estates with their own tennis court. What they share is that each was set up to be taken over by a group, rather than a family house pressed into service for a bigger occasion.
Curated properties
Every house is personally selected — from historic manors to contemporary estates — so you know it’s special.
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Large holiday homes with the space you need to make it special
“Large holiday homes” covers a lot of ground. For some, it’s about capacity – one house that sleeps 18, 30, or more, with everyone under the same roof. For others, it’s about room to breathe – sufficient bedrooms and grounds that the group can spread out rather than live on top of each other. And for many, it’s the occasion: a celebration venue for a big birthday, a wedding, or a family reunion, with the facilities and space to host it.
The category spans traditional manor houses (single buildings with 8 to 15 bedrooms), contemporary luxury houses, converted farmhouse complexes (multiple buildings in cottage-style clusters), and estates with separate accommodation blocks (main house plus cottages/lodges). The kind of setup you go for depends on the dynamics of your party. Multi-building estates suit groups wanting together-but-apart flexibility: multiple families or friends who value independence and occasional quiet time. Families each have a private cottage, but everyone gathers for meals and socialising. Single large houses create a more cohesive group experience, but you need to be happy with shared spaces. As Matt Crabtree put it after staying at North Cadbury Court: “The property and grounds are big enough for a large group to really spread out and yet somehow also intimate enough for everyone to feel together.” That comes down to space and the right facilities for the numbers – kitchens you can properly cook in for twenty, dining rooms that seat everyone at once, and somewhere private enough to feel like your own without being miles from a decent pub or a good walk.
Elizabeth Kane after a reunion at Cotswold Manor: “This is the third time we’ve stayed at this beautiful house, a reunion of 16 ladies. Lots of space, well equipped kitchen, great hot tub and beautiful grounds. Plenty of lovely walks and local pubs a drive away.”
Genuine reviews
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Richard Chalmers
Really pleased with my experience with landed houses, was searching for a large house to celebrate my 50th and landed houses had lots of good options...managed to secure somewhere for a good price and looking forward to our dates, many thanks to Edmund and the house owner for their friendly correspondence and help, Steve
Stephen Alexander
Some great houses on offer here /all new to me! Now we are planning our next big family getogether!
Tina Metcalfe
Barbara Ryan
When I was faced with having to find a large house with a pool for a family celebration at relatively short notice, Edmund at Landed Houses came straight to my aid. He responded promptly to my email enquiries, even on a Sunday, putting me in direct contact with someone who managed a property that fitted my needs; the outcome being that a superb house, with everything I need, was secured within 24 hours of my first enquiry. Many thanks, Edmund, for making the task so straightforward. If you’re looking for that special house for a party or family gathering I can recommend Landed Houses as your first port of call.
Mrs Manors
Frequently Asked Questions
What capacity qualifies as “large holiday home”?
The threshold for a large holiday home varies by region and rental market, but generally: 12 or more guests minimum, with 14 to 30 being where “large” really starts to apply. Properties sleeping 8 to 11 are sizeable family homes but not quite “large group” territory. Larger groups often search using related terms like “estate,” “manor house,” or “wedding venue.”
What are the main differences between a family home and a large holiday home? Other than number of beds, there is one practical distinction to keep in mind: large holiday homes have facilities scaled for groups (big dining tables, substantial, often commercial-grade kitchens, multiple bathrooms) rather than just many bedrooms in standard house. Rhiannon W, reviewing Ringshall Grange, noted: “the kitchen having two ovens and two dishwashers meant cooking and cleaning up after was easy.” When you’re trying to knock up a gourmet feast for 30 hungry people or waiting for the bathroom in the morning, that kind of infrastructure matters.
How do large holiday homes differ from hotels or B&Bs?
There are a couple of fundamental differences between large holiday homes and B&Bs: with a large holiday home you have exclusive use of the property and grounds, the entire thing is yours. You also have self-catering capabilities to cook your own meals with the ingredients you want at a time that suits your group. There are group spaces including sitting rooms and dining areas that are designed for the size of the group. You have much greater flexibility in a large holiday home than in a hotel, with fewer restrictions on schedule and how you use the space. You also enjoy more privacy, with no other guests present. Finally, you pay one price for the whole property, not a price depending on the number of rooms you occupy or guests that attend (up to a pre-agreed maximum) meaning if someone drops out last minute, you aren’t going to have to cancel anything.
Some might miss the hassle-free luxury and services of a hotel stay. There’s no daily housekeeping, no one to handle your shopping and cooking for you, and sometimes the amenities are a little less luxury than in a hotel. But the trade-off for the togetherness, cosiness and independence is more than worth it for groups that choose large holiday homes.
What regions offer best value for large holiday homes?
If you’re happy to prioritise value over a cool postcode, you’ll find spectacular properties in less-fashionable regions with the same space, facilities, and quality for a much lower cost.
For best value from a quality-to-cost ratio, you cannot beat Wales (especially mid-Wales and the Brecon Beacons), Shropshire, the Forest of Dean, rural Yorkshire, the East Midlands, and Northeast England. These regions typically price significantly below southern England equivalents.
In the mid-range category, you have the Peak District, the Lake District edges (excluding central Windermere), Suffolk, and inland Devon and Dorset.
Premium spots (read: beautiful but expensive) include the Cotswolds, North Norfolk, the Cornish coast, the central Lake District, and the Scottish Highlands estates.
Should large holiday homes provide all equipment and supplies?
Under-equipped rentals are a problem for bigger groups: too few plates, not enough cutlery, undersized pans.
Most large holiday homes in our collection provide kitchen equipment (pots, pans, utensils, crockery, glassware) suitable for the guest capacity, bed linens and towels for all guests, cleaning supplies, basic toiletries, WiFi, and heating. Some owners also provide welcome hampers to get you started (tea, coffee, milk), firewood for wood burners, outdoor furniture, BBQ equipment, and games.
Generally, food for meals, alcohol, toiletries beyond hand soap, specialised dietary products, and infant equipment (though many provide high chairs/cots on request) are not included.