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FRANT HORLEY

Old Parsonage In a charming village, a gracious Langshott Manor Gatwick is only a couple of
Georgian country house run as a B&B by Tony miles away, and urban sprawl is close at hand,
and Mary Dakin. Tall, spacious reception rooms but this brick-and-timber Elizabethan manor
are impressively decorated without being remains at peace in its own landscaped grounds.
overpowering: antiques, Persian rugs, chandeliers, The expense-account luxury includes swish, well-
photographs and lithographs on the walls. There equipped bedrooms and an intimate dining room;
is an airy conservatory, and the fresh bedrooms the price includes a week’s free airport parking.
have large bathrooms. Excellent breakfasts. N Langshott, Horley, Surrey RH6 9LN. Map p75 E4.
N Church Lane, Frant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9DX. § (01293) 786680. ` (01293) 783905. $ admin@
Map p75 F4. § ` (01892) 750773. $ oldparson@ langshott.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 22. ∂¢ Never.
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FROME ILMINSTER

Babington House This contemporary country Old Rectory Down a winding road in the
house hotel offers child-friendly metropolitan chic Somerset countryside, the Old Rectory – a 16th-
and unpretentious luxury: cinema, computers, century building sensitively preserved and
health centre, crêche, tennis, snooker, relaxed but enhanced with modern comforts – is the perfect
efficient 24-hour service and wonderful place to unwind. Dinner, on request, is served at a
bedrooms. In the bathrooms are huge bottles of communal table, from a menu of all-local produce.
complimentary lotions – no mean sachets here. N Cricket Malherbie, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0PW.
N Babington, Frome, Somerset BA11 3RW. Map p74 C5. § (01460) 54364. ` (01460) 51374.
Map p75 D4. § (01373) 812266. ` (01373) 812112. $ theoldrectory@malherbie.freeserve.co.uk 0 b,d
$ enquiries@babingtonhouse.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 28. (by appointment). Rooms 5. ∂¢ Christmas.
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GILLAN GULWORTHY
Tregildry In a magical setting overlooking a Horn of Plenty Secluded, creeper-covered
romantic Cornish creek, a vividly decorated house in a splendid location overlooking the
hotel with breezy Far Eastern feel. Tamar Valley. Notable restaurant.
N Gillan, Manaccan, Helston, Cornwall TR12 6HG. N Gulworthy, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8JD. Map p74 B5.
Map p74 A5. § (01326) 231378. ` (01326) 231561. § (01822) 832528.` (01822) 832528. $ enquiries@
$ trgildry@globalnet.co.uk 0 b,d. Rooms 10. ]]] thehornofplenty. co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 10. ]]]
GILLINGHAM HINTON CHARTERHOUSE
Stock Hill House Victorian manor, set in Homewood Park Georgian building in award-
wooded grounds and decorated in the grandly winning gardens.
personal style of its owners. Formal dining. N Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Somerset BA2 7TB.
N Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5NR. Map p75 D4. Map p74 C4. § (01225) 723731.
§ (01747) 823626. ` (01747) 825628. $ reception@ ` (01225) 723820. $ res@homewoodpark.com
stockhillhouse.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 8. ]]]] 0 b,l,d. Rooms 19. ]]]