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Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC

Family-friendly holiday home in Rutherfordton

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Tank and Bert relaxing in the barn! All our animals are kid safe and friendly!
Frick and Frack born Jan 2020, sweetest Kunekune pigs you will ever meet!
Timber frame guesthouse on our farm will not disappoint

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
2 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 7204.4 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Parking available
  • Fireplace
  • Dryer
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Rutherfordton, NC
  • Place, Tryon International Equestrian Center
    ‪34 min drive‬
  • Place, Lake Lure
    ‪42 min drive‬
  • Place, Chimney Rock State Park
    ‪57 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 7)

Bedroom 1 downstairs

1 Queen Bed, 1 Double Futon and 1 Crib

Bedroom 2 upstairs

1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Futon

Living Room 1

1 Queen Sofa Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Bathroom 2

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Hair dryer

powder room

Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC

In the center of Rutherfordton lies a cozy two-bedroom retreat, ideal for your upcoming holiday. As you step inside, you'll be greeted by a cozy living room, complete with a fireplace to keep you warm on chilly evenings. Prepare delectable meals in the fully stocked kitchen, equipped with all the necessary appliances, from a stove and refrigerator to a microwave and dishwasher. Enjoy your culinary creations at the dining table, or step outside and fire up the grill for an alfresco dining experience.

Unwind in the comfort of your own home, with amenities like free WiFi, a smart TV with satellite/cable channels, and a washing machine and dryer for your convenience. Venture out and explore the nearby Pisgah National Forest, just a 24-minute drive away, where you can immerse yourself in the stunning natural beauty of the region.

Whether you're looking to relax, entertain, or simply enjoy quality time with loved ones, this vacation home has it all. With its cozy atmosphere, thoughtful amenities, and convenient location, it's the perfect base for your Rutherfordton adventure.

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 12:00 PM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
Friendly animals! Also have pack n' play/hi-chair
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Events

No events allowed
Max of 5 visitors at a time
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
Well Behaved dogs allowed. . Max 2 dogs
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
No Fireworks on property anytime
If children want to visit our animals they must be accompanied by an adult interaction with animals are encouraged but please coordinate with Debbi
There is a large secure fenced yard for dogs. Must be on leash if outside of yard and avoid the goat barn area
Small events are permitted if approved ahead of time .

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: Max of 5 visitors at a time
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Rutherfordton

Located in Rutherfordton, this holiday home is in a rural area and in the mountains. Forest City Golf Course and Cleghorn Plantation Golf and Country Club are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore South Mountains State Park and Pisgah National Forest. Travelling with kids? Consider Bubba's Fun Park and Lake Lure Adventure Company. Discover the area's water adventures with kayaking and water tubing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with horse riding and hunting.
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Rutherfordton, NC

What's nearby

  • Cleghorn Plantation Golf and Country Club - 29 min drive - 35.6 km
  • Tryon International Equestrian Center - 34 min drive - 44.8 km
  • Lake Lure - 42 min drive - 47.0 km
  • Gardner-Webb University - 42 min drive - 51.7 km
  • Chimney Rock State Park - 57 min drive - 57.8 km

Getting around

  • Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) - 66 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mt. Vernon Cuppard - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪57 Alpha Café - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Union Mills Country Market - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪Gilkey Cafe - ‬18 min drive
  • ‪The Mason Jar - ‬4 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

What time is check-in at Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC?

Checkout is at 12:00 PM.

Where is Farm Stay with animals in beautiful Timber Frame House in the Foothills of W. NC located?

Located in the mountains, this family-friendly holiday home is within 12 mi (20 km) of Rutherford Regional Health System, Forest City Golf Course and Rutherford County Farm Museum. Rutherford Regional Hospital is 10 mi (16.1 km) away.

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 245 out of 246 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 246 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 246 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 246 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 246 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joyce C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Fabulous stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laurel P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing! Everything about this home was awesome! Clean, comfy, beautiful property, and tge farm tour and animals were great! Will stay again for sure.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The property is amazing and the host is friendly, communicative, and very knowledgeable. All the animals are friendly and love to receive pets; our son’s favorite was Vinny the barn cat!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gretchen K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The whole farm is a relaxing beautiful property with mountain views. The General Store, farm animals, and vacation house are all wonderful. Very pet friendly, Mindy and Laineyloved the fenced in front yard and porch. Debbie and Craig are wonderful host. I look forward to Mid-September for the next visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful stay with a great host

Another incredible stay at the farm house! Debbi is the most gracious, thoughtful host. She goes out of her way to make you feel welcomed. The house is so beautiful and comfortable. It's become a family favorite and we look forward to coming back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

michael b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

perfect place to stay

very well kept and great experience

10/10 Excellent

Donnie M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best stay ever

Family had the best time. Debbie and Craig were the best. Looking fowqrd to going back next year
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Renata S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another great stay!

We love returning to Cherry Mountain Farm! Specially at this time of year, weather is perfect and the fall colors are amazing! Thanks Debbi and Craig, we can’t wait to go back :)
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Timothy R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Can’t Wait to Return!!

Absolutely perfect. There wasn’t anything I would change about this property . My wife and I started planning our next visit there, this time with the grandkids, shortly after we realized we had found a slice of heaven.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jonathon T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful trip to farm

We had a wonderful trip to Debbi’s farm with our family! The guest house and property are amazing and was our best experience in recent years!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic property and fantastic hosts!

We truly wish we could have stayed forever! Thank you for everything.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Franziska H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

heaven on earth

My bff and I really enjoyed our stay at this property Debbi was fantastic and did a lovely farm tour with my friends and my grandsons. Wish we could have stayed for a month.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karl D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Always a pleasant place to stay!

Well done.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lee N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Everything it says it is

This property is everything it says it is and more. I wouldve loved to stay longer. There was nothing we needed that wasnt there. It was a great place for my family to gather and visit as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Feels like your at Home

Always love staying on the farm. Kids love it! Very relaxing mountain farm. Close proximity to our families and surrounding areas are a quick drive.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing

We had a great stay! The house was very clean and comfortable and the location was the perfect getaway out in nature. Debbi was awesome to hang out with as were the animals. We're already planning a return trip.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jenny A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Summer Getaway

We enjoyed our stay with kids and dogs. The house is gorgeous and the the farm is beautiful! Debbi is so kind and very available. Can’t wait to visit again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johanna S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Stay at the farm!

We had a lovely stay at the farm and Debbi couldn't have been more accommodating! The cabin was comfortable and lovely and she made sure we were able to enjoy all the animals and the farm! My daughter particularly fell in love with the doggies, and we will certainly be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Thomas K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best ever rented property

An extended Birthday weekend was needed for my lovely lady. After a quick review of the information and her approval we booked the over the top rental of this property. You will not believe what is there. Hosts are perfect and caring. We will be going back later this year and years to come.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Keith C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect time on the farm!

We had a fantastic stay at the farm! Our favorites were Frick and Frack. Debbi is a great host! We will definitely try and stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brookley P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thanksgiving stay

We have been staying at Cherry Mountain Farm over the years and always look forward to it!! Debbi makes us feel “at home” and is very great to work with! The kids love the farm animals, and we love having our own space with a kitchen and laundry room that makes traveling easier with children! We look forward to coming back to visit soon!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous 5 star experiene! Wonderful house and staff

Beautiful property. Guest house is first class. Debbie and Craig (owners) are wonderful people. Our dog loved it here also. The General Store has unique items for sale and also an extraordinary Case knife collection for sale. There are fantastic wineries nearby, and a great store for food shopping (Ingles) less than 30 mins from here. We will be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ryan W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Always an Amazing Stay

We are so thankful to have found Cherry Mountain a few years back. It is so nice to come back and see how much the farm has grown and changed. Such a great place to relax, unwind and enjoy outside. Debbi and Craig are the most wonderful hosts and truly make you feel like family. Cannot wait to visit again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tricia T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Always a pleasure

Can never say enough good things about this property! The fact that we keep coming back is testament to how awesome Debbi and Craig are. So much to do on the farm and the surrounding areas. The kids love it here and cannot get enough.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful trip back to the farm!

Thank you again for such a wonderful stay! This is our second visit and this time we brought my parents along with us. Debbi and Craig were so great to us and our little boy loved being on the farm! The house is beautiful and had everything we needed! We will be back again!!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2020

About the host

Hosted by Debbi Stanfield

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I am originally from Queens New York , lived in
St. Louis MO and Rochester NY before working in South Florida for 30 years before retiring and building our dream farm in Western North Carolina. I worked as a Pediatric ICU Nurse then transitioned to medical sales . My husband grew up in W. Palm Beach and retired as a Captain with the Town of Palm Beach Fire Dept in 2012. His family roots were from Burlington/Greensboro/Mebane area of NC but we wanted to be closer to the mountains so we settled in the Foothills . Craig's creativity can be seen all over the farm and it really makes this place unique. I do the farm tours and manage all the animal care and love to talk with our visitors. No matter where our visitors come from we find we always have something in common. We love living in the area and sharing our little slice of heaven with visitors.

Why they chose this property

This is such a great area and is close to so many fun things to do. We are less than 30 minutes from Tryon International Equestrian Center, waterfalls, hiking, lots of cool towns close by, etc. Our timber frame guest house offers a very warm and inviting space for you to enjoy our beautiful farm or as your resting place after touring the area. We bought the property in 2007 and the only thing on it was an 8 acre hayfield so everything you see , we have done.
It's a great place for kids since they have lots of room and we are pet friendly so our yard is perfect for dog (s) ...only 2 please and please remember to pay the very reasonable dog fee. Many of our guests feel no need to leave the farm other than for basic needs. We're fortunate to have great internet and a fun store and friendly animals. You will have a beautiful fire pit and a nice grilled hooked up to an underground tank so we don't have to worry about you running out of gas in the middle of grilling! Easy access in and no scary roads to navigate at night.
There are 4 grocery store ( Food Lion, Aldi's, Walmart ( they deliver) and Ingles) 10-15 minutes away and 2 neighborhood stores for basics, pizza , ice cream, soda, etc within 5 minutes. Gas station within 5
minutes from farm. Easy drive to Tryon, Columbus, Morganton, Forest City and Spindale.

What makes this property unique

The sounds and sights of our farm will make you want to come back again! Our animals enjoy visitors, and so do we! If you want to be left alone, we know how to do that! This is a working farm and you have freedom to walk around and visit the animals. There is a mile and 1/3 trail through the woods for your morning or evening walks and plenty of other areas to explore. We have a Gem Mine for the kids ( and adults) and a grain bin gazebo with swings where you can sit in the evening and listen to the sounds of the farm. We are really proud of our great reviews and will always make sure you will not be disappointed with your stay at Cherry Mountain Farm! Please remember if you bring your dog there is a very reasonable dog fee for up to 2 dogs so please check this off when making reservations so it gets added.

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