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Coworth Park
The credentials:
Coworth Park serves Georgian manor house luxury sans stuffy pretension in idyllic Berkshire. This five-star property is set on a 240-acre country estate fully equipped with all the quintessentially English essentials: two professional polo fields, manicured gardens, an … Read more →
Highland Fling
It was a blustery Saturday that I found myself in the bustling departure lounge of Euston train station with Alex (from here on out known as Stilettos-up-a-Mountain). We boarded the Caledonian Sleeper to find adjoining cabin-style rooms, each with a … Read more →
Four Seasons Hampshire
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A stunning Georgian manor house set in acres of idyllic Hampshire countryside. Boasting its own lakes, tennis and croquet courts, riding stables, spa and shooting ground, the hotel has enough to occupy even the most restless of guests.… Read more →
No Man’s Fort: Solent Forts
Having sailed past these huge isolated sea-forts several times, I’d always been envious of the mysterious structures filled, I was sure, with people having the time of their lives. Dark domes built as defence during the Napoleonic War, they sit … Read more →
The Gatehouse Lodge at Easton Walled Gardens
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“The Gatehouse Lodge is a cosy, luxury, dog friendly cottage for two in Easton Walled Gardens at the heart of the Easton Estate in the Lincolnshire Vales, near the Rutland border. The Lodge is the perfect retreat for … Read more →
The Painswick, Gloucestershire
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This quirky 18th century Cotswold stone gem is filled with good taste and good humour. Once a former vicarage, today it is an award-winning ‘restaurant with rooms’. Last year the Sunday Times even awarded it the title of … Read more →
Whatley Manor
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Grade II-listed Whatley Manor, a gorgeously restored 19th century manor house built out of glorious, golden Cotswold stone, and bordered with vivid, sweet-smelling lavender bushes, has had a colourful history. In 1925 it was bought by the deputy … Read more →
The Spread Eagle, West Sussex
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The Spread Eagle, which dates from 1430, was described by Hilaire Belloc as ‘that oldest and most revered of all the prime inns of this world.’ Originally a coaching inn—both Elizabeth I and Admiral Nelson were patrons—it retains … Read more →
Dewsall Court, Herefordshire
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Dewsall Court is a 17th century, grade II listed building, tucked away among acres of lush greenery, five miles from Hereford. On arrival, the late afternoon sun gently illuminated the house’s Gothic-style, ivy-clad walls, and the labyrinthine gardens … Read more →
The New Hassle-Free Way to Airbnb
Like many of my friends and neighbours, we can only afford our west London pads by working ungodly hours and often having to leave our domestic chaos to go on obligatory work trips several times a year. And if we … Read more →
