A twelve-room house · Somerset

Somewhere to stop, rather than pass through.

A restored Georgian rectory with twelve rooms, one long table, and a garden that supplies most of what arrives on it.

The house

Built in 1782, and not over-restored since

The floors slope, the windows rattle a little in an east wind, and none of the twelve rooms is quite the same shape as another. We have left all of that alone.

What we did change: the beds, the bathrooms, and the heating. Everything you actually touch is new, and everything that gives the house its character is not.

Where you'll sleep

Three kinds of room

Priced by size and outlook rather than by floor. The cheapest rooms are not the worst ones, they are simply smaller.

A hotel suite with bespoke joinery and soft lighting

Garden Suite

From £295 a night

The two largest rooms, both opening onto the walled garden, with a separate sitting area and a roll-top bath under the window.

A hotel room with layered fabrics and textures

Rectory Room

From £225 a night

Six first-floor rooms with the original shutters and fireplaces, most looking south across the paddock towards the village.

Eaves Room

From £165 a night

Four rooms on the top floor, tucked under the roof. Lower ceilings, better views, and the quietest beds in the house.

The table

One menu, changed daily

Dinner is served at a single long table at half past seven. There is no choice, and there is no charge for changing your mind about the wine.

The kitchen writes the menu each afternoon around whatever the garden and the two farms up the lane have sent down that morning. Tell us in advance what you cannot eat and it simply will not appear.

Reservations

Check the calendar

Twelve rooms fill quickly between May and September. Midweek in the winter is the house at its best, and its quietest.

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