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Summer Lodge
Evershot, Dorset
In a chocolate-box village, this luxury hotel doesn't stint on the traditional country-house luxuries, drapes, stripes, florals, sofas and chandeliers, antiques, and paintings
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In a chocolate-box village, this luxury hotel doesn't stint on the traditional country-house luxuries, drapes, stripes, florals, sofas and chandeliers, antiques, and paintings (the Garden Suite, with a conservatory and private garden, has an original Matisse). Bedrooms are supplied with fruit and flowers, shortbread, Floris toiletries. 'Overall very good,' wrote a reader on a return visit. 'Rooms beautifully furnished and lovely and warm.' There is an indulgent spa. 'We love the swimming pool and ambience.' At dinner an à la carte menu offers canapés, an amuse bouche and dishes such as steamed Dorset hake, courgette and basil, Thai red prawn and coconut curry mousse, BBQ aubergine, tempura courgette. Light meals, sandwiches and salads are available on the terrace menu. 'Breakfast was excellent, with the usual high-grade local offerings.' 'Staff all first class. Despite cost will probably return.' (Ian Dewey, Gareth Pearce, IB)
Hotel Details
Address
9 Fore Street, Evershot, Dorset, DT2 0JR, England
Telephone
Bedroom
25. 6 in coach house, 4 in courtyard, 5 in cottages, 1 on ground floor suitable for wheelchair user.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
in bar/whisky lounge.
Children
all ages welcomed, extra bed £25, children's menu.
Dogs
allowed in some bedrooms and whisky lounge (£25 a night, bowl, towel, treats, wash station).
Prices
B&B doubles from £315. Set-price menu £70/£85 (2/3 courses) vegan £55/£70 (2/3 courses). 1-night bookings refused at peak times.
Facilities
lounge, drawing room, restaurant (vegan menu), conservatory, meeting room, in-room TV, spa (heated indoor pool), civil wedding licence, 4-acre grounds (tennis), parking, EV charging, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.