Summer Lodge - Dorset

In an attractive Dorset village, this luxury country house hotel (Relais & Châteaux) is owned by the Red Carnation group; Charles Lötter is the hands-on manager. 'The rooms are immaculate, almost extravagantly posh, and the food is of a high standard as it should be at these prices,' is a comment this year. In extensive grounds, the house was built as a country retreat for the Earl of Ilchester (it was enlarged by Thomas Hardy). The public rooms and bedrooms are furnished with rich fabrics, antiques, patterns and heavy drapes. In the dining room, the chef, Steven Titman, serves a seasonal menu of modern dishes with French influence (eg, gateau of Portland crab and lobster; roast loin of lamb and braised shoulder shepherd's pie). In warm weather, meals can be taken on a terrace. One of Hardy's original rooms is now a suite with an open fireplace. A visitor this year 'greatly enjoyed' borrowing a bike to explore the local countryside. The Acorn Inn in the village is also owned by Red Carnation, as is The Montague on the Gardens, London (see entry). (Richard and Sheila Owen, and others)

Summer Lodge Country House Hotel - Evershot, Dorset

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Summer Lodge, Evershot, Dorset, Three for Two Special Offer

Third night  free. Full English breakfast daily. Complimentary use of the Health Club, heated indoor pool and Sauna. Prices start from £385.00 including VAT per night for the first two nights, based on two adults sharing one of our Superior Rooms. This offer is subject to availability.

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  • Trying to be grand. Staff friendly, but lack of English-speaking staff. Food fussy.

    Julia de Waal, 04/09/2011

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Summer Lodge, Evershot, Dorset, Three for Two Special Offer

Third night  free. Full English breakfast daily. Complimentary use of the Health Club, heated indoor pool and Sauna. Prices start from £385.00 including VAT per night for the first two nights, based on two adults sharing one of our Superior Rooms. This offer is subject to availability.

To benefit from this offer, please mention The Good Hotel Guide.

Local attractions

Abbotsbury Swannery
This is the only place in the world where you can walk through the heart of a colony of nesting mute swans.
Stonehenge
A prehistoric monument at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Hardy's Cottage
Thomas Hardy was born in this small cob and thatch cottage.
The Acorn Inn
A 16th-century coaching inn that Thomas Hardy called 'The Sow & Acorn' in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'.

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Discount Vouchers

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Summer Lodge, Evershot, Dorset, Three for Two Special Offer

Third night  free. Full English breakfast daily. Complimentary use of the Health Club, heated indoor pool and Sauna. Prices start from £385.00 including VAT per night for the first two nights, based on two adults sharing one of our Superior Rooms. This offer is subject to availability.

To benefit from this offer, please mention The Good Hotel Guide.

Contact Details

Summer Lodge - Dorset

9 Fore Street EVERSHOT Dorset England DT2 0JR

Telephone

01935 482000

Website

www.summerlodgehotel.com

Discount Vouchers

This hotel accepts discount vouchers which entitle readers to a 10% discount off their normal B&B rate for a single night's stay

Further Information

Bedrooms

24, 9 in coach house and courtyard house, 4 in lane, 1 on ground floor suitable for disabled.

Open

all year.

Facilities

ramps, drawing room, lounge/bar, restaurant, indoor swimming pool (11 by 6 metres), civil wedding licence, 4-acre grounds (garden, croquet, tennis).

Background music

'contemporary' in lounge/bar.

Children

all ages welcomed.

Dogs

allowed in some bedrooms, some public rooms.

Credit cards

all major cards.

Prices

[2011] B&B £140-£280 per person, D,B&B £180-£320, full alc £75, website offers, Christmas/New Year packages, 1-night bookings refused some weekends July-Oct, some bank holidays.