• A warm personal greeting with good soup and hospitality,

• the quiet atmosphere and surroundings aided meditation,

• the peace and quiet of the day,

• freedom to explore the house, garden, library and countryside,​

• the one special place where I could guarantee to find necessary silence
  and be able to listen to God ministering to me,

• Andrew made us very welcome, but at no time did he try and ‘organise’ us,
  rather he got on with his duties and allowed us time for peaceful reflection,

• Lunch was simple and delicious, and just right.

 

Ringstead Shared Church - Quiet Day March 2015

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"I was just immensely blessed by my short visit -- God was working through everything to bring me grace and insight and perhaps even a wee bit of wisdom.​"

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The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Ph.D. Theologian-in-residence. St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Episcopal Diocese of New York.

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"... a big thank you for hosting our Quiet Day at  Ferrar House. It was good to be able to meet you in person, and wonderful to experience the tranquility of Ferrar House and its surrounds. Our Quiet Day was just what many people needed and was much appreciated by all. Thank you for being so welcoming, flexible and unobtrusive!"

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Parish Group - Quiet Day July 2014

 

 

"Thank you for looking after us all so wonderfully. The House suited us perfectly, and you couldn’t have been more accommodating hosts. The soup was particularly fine. I will unhesitatingly recommend Ferrar House to others."

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Revd. Dr Norman McFadyen - Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Orton Longueville and St Mary's Church, Orton Waterville

 

 

"Little Gidding is the place I go when I need to stop and stare: taking time out of a busy life to  find refreshment. The hospitality is second to none and the opportunity to walk in lovely countryside with red kites soaring overhead never fails to lift my spirits. The place is thin - God's grace breaks through - you know that people have found something special here through the ages - you're in good company with Nicholas Ferrar and TS Eliot, with a library full of books.  I recommend it highly for individual retreats and small groups - nowhere better!"

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The Very Revd Dr Frances Ward, Former Dean of St Edmundsbury.

 

 

"If only it would be always so nice weather as the pictures on the website suggest. But, most certainly, inside the spiritual warmth will be there all the time. We really hope to come back some day to the place."

 

B & L ter Haar, Rotterdam

 

 

"We may come here because T S Eliot did, his poem a lodestar to the place, but then our own experience of it takes over, as though a new poem has started to be written. It is the stuff of fable that there is no word to describe what Little Gidding is (too small to be a village or even a hamlet, surely) and that there is a church at the bottom of the garden, but the encounter with the real, the quiet and the lovely in nature and in us is quickly made, and the friendship is lastingly memorable."

 

Graham Fawcett. Writer, broadcaster, translator and teacher. 
 

 

“When you arrive at Lt Gidding, it's like you are stepping into another world. The calm of the house, with its light and airy feel, embraces you and, with the warm welcome you receive, you feel all your troubles subside. They can't do enough for you.

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"You are free to do whatever you want, be it reading, praying, thinking, walking, meditating, sleeping or curling up with a good book from the extensive House library.

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"Just stepping out into the garden, with its blaze of colour and watching the kites swooping just overhead is balm for the soul. You can sit and meditate in the beautiful church, just a stone’s throw from the house or get your walking shoes on and explore the lovely countryside surrounding this safe haven. Whatever you choose to do, you will go home feeling enlightened, refreshed and renewed.”

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Mike and Sue Moore, St Mary's Church, Peterborough.

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"For me, the joy of Ferrar House lies in its peace and sense of pilgrimage. There is a feeling of its history - living history - and a depth of purpose and rhythm.  People return and add to the special nature of the place and build, by coming, on all that has gone before."

 

Mark Burgess. Leeds.