Stylish lakeside huts in\u00a0Somerset<\/p>\n
Six vintage-style \u201cluxury huts\u201d spaced out around a lake make up The Shepherds Hut Retreat in south Somerset. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms, private areas with hot\u00a0tubs, and fancy features such as\u00a0telescopes, gin bars, pizza ovens, fire pits and hammocks. There is also a\u00a0woodland sauna on site. The newest hut, 1898, is the grandest, and is inspired by the Pig hotels<\/a>. It is a\u00a0mile\u2019s\u00a0walk to the Lord Poulett Arms<\/a>, a thatched 17th-century pub in the village of Hinton St George, and half an hour\u2019s drive to the beaches of the Jurassic Coast in east Devon and Dorset. A Jacobean manor in Kent Photograph: Russel West<\/p>\n Boys Hall, a gorgeous Jacobean manor house near Ashford, is now a restaurant with rooms. The pub area has comfy chairs and a wood burner; lounges with inglenook fireplaces, sofas and books; there\u2019s more than a\u00a0hectare (2\u00bd acres) of grounds, including a rose garden. The restaurant is a light, oak-framed space serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, including a weekly changing set menu of Kentish produce (three courses for \u00a330; perhaps venison terrine, braised beef cheek stew and winter berry trifle). The nine rooms feature original stone mullion windows, oak panels and beams, plus rolltop baths and four-poster beds. A fairytale farm cottage in the\u00a0Malvern Hills Photograph: Mark Watts<\/p>\n Wishbone is a 16th-century, fairytale cottage hidden away on an ancient fruit farm. The stone and timber barn is half-covered by foliage on the outside, but the inside has been beautifully restored and converted. There is a vaulted ceiling above the open-plan kitchen, dining and living areas, a bedroom with a king-size bed and an en suite shower room. Original wattle and daub panels, brick floors and beams add to the charm, and barn doors open on to the patio. Beyond the orchard in front of the cottage are fields with oak trees and a lake. A thatched pub in Bedfordshire<\/p>\n The Sun Inn is a 17th-century, recently refurbished thatched pub in the riverside village of Felmersham. It has open fires, guest ales and food sourced from its own farm. Its curried kid goat offal with fermented chilli might not be everyone\u2019s idea of a date-night dinner, but there are steaks, pork chops and veggie options too. Upstairs are two rooms: a deluxe, dual-aspect double, or, for those really pushing the boat out, a two-storey suite. The latter has exposed stone walls, wooden beams and a freestanding copper bath. Couples can visit Felmersham\u2019s 13th-century church, St Mary\u2019s, and take strolls along the River Great Ouse. An arty cottage in the\u00a0Scottish\u00a0Borders Photograph: Tracey Bloxham<\/p>\n A single-storey stone lodge on a private track between parkland and a\u00a0wood, Lilylaw was once home to the\u00a0gamekeeper of the Minto Estate. It\u00a0is not for shy couples, being largely open-plan, with a low wall separating the bedroom from the living area, and\u00a0a clawfoot bath in the bedroom (there is a separate bathroom too). The decor is inspired by English country house hotels; there is\u00a0a wood burner, large windows and lots of contemporary artworks; and a garden with a partially walled terrace. Perhaps best of all, guests can request a key to explore Fatlips Castle<\/a>, a 16th-century reiver\u2019s tower on top of Minto Crags. Off-grid cabins in West\u00a0Yorkshire Photograph: Sean Knott<\/p>\n Three off-grid cabins have just opened at Denton Reserve, a 1,000-hectare rewilding estate near Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The decor is pared-back and calm, and cabins have floor-to-ceiling windows, large skylights, king-sized beds and rain showers. Couples can stargaze from their cabin or around the fire pit (blankets and astronomy books are provided), and look out for the resident tawny, little and barn owls. The cabins are powered by solar batteries and named after plants now sown on the estate: Cotton Grass, Peat Moss and Cross Leaved Heath. It is a 10-minute walk to the Penny Bun<\/a> gastropub, which serves Denton produce. A Welsh Chateau Photograph: Visit Wales<\/p>\n Lovers don\u2019t need to cross the Channel to stay in a chateau \u2013 there is one on the south coast of Ynys M\u00f4n (Anglesey). Chateau Rhianfa was built by John Hay-Williams in the mid-19th century as a\u00a0gift to his wife Sarah, inspired by her sketches of chateaux in the Loire Valley. The fairytale Grade II-listed property has a restaurant, wine cave, banqueting hall, drawing room and music room, and gardens with views\u00a0over the Menai Strait to Eryri (Snowdonia). The 27 bedrooms are in\u00a0the main chateau, lodge and cottages, and include a\u00a0suite\u00a0with a\u00a0four-poster bed. A treehouse in Powys<\/p>\n What could be more romantic than staying in a treehouse? Ty Coedwig (Forest House) is in a patch of ancient oaks, surrounded by farmland and four miles from Newtown in Powys. A\u00a0wooden walkway leads to the open-plan kitchen and living room, which has a chesterfield sofa and French doors on to the decking. The bedroom has a vaulted ceiling and a\u00a0kingsize bed, and the bathroom has a\u00a0two-person shower and double sinks; both have huge windows. There is an outdoor bath and a slide down to the forest floor, where there is a fire pit and a swing. The nearest pub, the Dolau Inn<\/a>, is 1\u00bd miles away. A Gloucestershire barn <\/p>\n The Lavendrye Barn is at the end of a\u00a0tree-lined lane in the grounds of a Tudor manor house in Lydney, near the Severn estuary. The ivy-clad stone barn has a snug with a log fire, a\u00a0vaulted kitchen, a mezzanine bedroom and a modern shower room. It has been recently renovated but is still full of original features, including exposed stone walls and oak beams. French doors lead out on to the walled garden, where there is a wood-fired hot tub with views over the Severn. The wildflower meadow beyond has recliners, hammocks, a fire pit, barbecue and pizza oven. Walking trails lead from the door through the surrounding ancient woodland. A country house hotel in Wiltshire Photograph: Jake Eastham<\/p>\n The former rectory of All Saints\u2019 church in the village of Crudwell, north Wiltshire, is now the Rectory hotel. The early 18th-century, Grade II-listed building is made from pale Cotswold stone, and has a simple, relaxed country house vibe. There are 15 bedrooms in the main house, all with rolltop baths, and a three-bedroom cottage in the grounds. Couples can sip cocktails at the bar and dine at the restaurant where the new head chef, Damian Clisby, serves set lunches (\u00a325 for three courses) and\u00a0candlelit dinners (mains include roast partridge with cauliflower, chanterelles and madeira sauce, and Cornish sea bass with shellfish sauce). The hotel has a sister pub just over the road, with log fires and local ales.
From \u00a3169, coolstays.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3220 B&B, boys-hall.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3850 for two nights, uniquehomestays.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3135 room-only, thesunfelmersham.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3559 for two nights, crabtreeandcrabtree.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3220, dentonreserve.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3145 B&B, chateaurhianfa.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3346 for two nights, uniquehideaways.com<\/a><\/p>\n
From \u00a3180, hostunusual.com<\/p>\n
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