we are blessed in the uk with some of the world’s finest country house hotels – and our editor’s choice features the top ten crème de la crème. country house hotels are renowned for their gorgeous gardens, their extensive grounds and their luscious landscapes.
Editor’s choice: 2016 Country House Hotels
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AMBLESIDE
Jamie and Jenna Shail continue to make improvements to their 19th-century manor house.
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OAKHAM
‘Perfection to the very last detail,’ writes a reader this year, of Tim and Stefa Hart’s hotel with landscaped gardens stretching down to Rutland Water.
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NEW MILTON
After more than 50 years, this country house hotel and spa on the edge of the New Forest still sets the standard for luxury.
Lords of the Manor - Spring in the Cotswolds
UPPER SLAUGHTER
A coat of arms and portraits of past owners set the tone at this honey-hued former rectory, recommended by Guide readers for a ‘welcoming, comfortable, relaxing’ country house experience
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YARM
‘Wonderful. Ten out of ten,’ writes a delighted reader in 2018, of this Victorian retreat.
Gravetye Manor
EAST GRINSTEAD
‘We have become addicted to this place,’ write trusted readers, following a return visit to this beautiful Elizabethan manor house (Relais & Châteaux).
Glenapp Castle
BALLANTRAE
Mellow sandstone battlements, turrets and towers are revealed only at the final turn of the ‘lengthy’ drive through the ‘vibrant, meticulously tended’ grounds of Paul and Poppy Szkiler’s 19th-century baronial pile.
Lime Wood
LYNDHURST
‘At night, surrounded by floodlit cedars and oaks, it felt like a movie set,’ writes one reader this year, after visiting the luxury New Forest retreat.
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