St Marks Stays

Booking a holiday in 2021

Whilst we wait for news on when we may be able to holiday again, we thought we would share some tips for booking a holiday in 2021. From our experience on owning group accommodation, having opened briefly, but successfully in the summer of 2020 even with a pandemic...

Firepit Cooking

The thing we have had more time to do over the weekends recently, is some firepit cooking using our Kadai Firebowl. The most common use by guests, for what we call the ‘Firepit’ is simply having a fire. Not even many barbecues have taken place over on that...

Fun interior design. Why not?

Not taking ourselves too seriously, we wanted to have some fun interior design in St Marks Stays and why not hey! I always love hotels, bars and restaurants that are quirky and we wanted to create a little bit of that with our designs. Bedroom five is named Monteverde...

A love for Moroccan Interiors

I (Joanne) knew one of our rooms and especially a bathroom was going to have an Moroccan inspiration, because it turns out, I’m not the only person with a love for Moroccan Interiors. There is something about the vibrant tones and patterns that is so different to the...

What is a triple bunkbed?

When people are enquiring about booking St Marks Stays, the question asked a lot is, ‘What is a triple bunkbed?’ So with the unveil of bedroom three, here is exactly what our triple bunkbed looks like. Bedroom three is the middle room in the house and has had the...

Style inspired by Mackintosh

The style inspired by Mackintosh is within our bedroom number two in St Marks Stays, which sits to the right down the little steps and has the fabulous views of the hills at the back of the house. The style we are talking about, is of course Rennie Mackintosh and a...