Holiday home ideal for horse lovers where you can muck in with the neighbours

GUESTS CAN HAVE ROOM ADJOINING SHETLAND PONY BASIL'S STABLE

- By ISOBEL WILLIAMS

The rural retreat is next to a stable

A UNIQUE Airbnb is offering the chance to spend the night in a barn with a miniature horse.

Brittany Sparham, 28, started renting out her barn on the holiday site at Thurgarton, near Southwell, during the pandemic due to an increase in the popularity of staycations.

Since the rustic property would share its wall with the stables, the owner decided it would be fun to create a door so that visitors could see their equine neighbour, Basil.

Now, the barn has become extremely popular with animal lovers who want to spend a night beside the 12-year-old miniature Shetland pony.

The holiday let, which is on the grounds of a 17th century manor, is available for a minimum of two nights starting from £360.

Brittany said: "At first we just had the idea to rent out the outbuilding, as there was a huge surge of people looking for staycations because of coronavirus.