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Miller’s at Glencot
Glencot Lane
Wookey Hole
Wells
Somerset
BA5 1BH
Tel: 01749 677160
Fax: 01749670210
www.glencothouse.co.uk
Nestling at the foot of the Mendip Hills, just where the River Axe emerges from the fathomless darkness of Wookey Hole, Glencot House creeps from the shadows to capture the hearts of all those who cross her threshold. The Victorian mansion, built in grand Jacobean style, boasts the most elegantly theatrical interior of any country house hotel. Filled with exotic antiques and ancient curiosities it successfully combines vintage luxury with relaxed intimacy.
If you crave roaring log fires, candlelit sensuality, food cooked to perfection and grounds crying to be explored, Glencot could be your “Kubla Khan”. Miller’s at Glencot is not so much a Hotel, more a way of life. Be prepared, be very prepared, you may never leave.
Events
Events should be just that – an event. Whether it’s a wedding or a business meeting, a special dinner or celebration, it should be in a setting which lends a suitable sense of occasion.Glencot House not only has all the facilities to host a wide range of different functions – it is also suitably dramatic.
Our online booking system will be arriving soon! In the meantime please contact us to make a booking.
2009 TARIFF - EFFECTIVE APRIL 2ND 2009
LEISURE INCLUSIVE ROOM RATES (RACK)
RIVER VIEW FOUR POSTER 260.00
FOUR POSTERS 245.00
SIGNATURE DOUBLE/TWIN 185.00
INTIMATE PETITE DOUBLE 165.00
Two night minimum at week ends and holidays. Full English breakfast.
Connecting room supplement 100.00
Extra bed supplement 20.00
Adult sharing supplement 20.00
Child sharing supplement 15.00
Single occupancy adjustments at managers discretion.
Exclusive use 4,000.00 per night
15 rooms including full English breakfast.
Accommodation for 30 guests.
Not Included: Additional banqueting guests, wine menu & bar beverages.
From M5 – At junction 22 take the A38 to Highbridge, before taking the B3139 to Wells. Follow signs for Wookey Hole Caves. Glencot Lane is on your left after a sharp left hand bend. Miller’s at Glencot House is on your right.
From M4 - At junction 18 take the A46 to Bath. Follow signs for A4 to Bristol, then the A39 to Wells. From Wells follow signs for Wookey Hole Caves. Glencot Lane is on your left after a sharp left hand bend. Miller’s at Glencot House is on your right.
Train stations – Castle Cary, Bath or Bristol
Local airport - Bristol International
Hotel Helipad co-ordinates -
North 51 13.237’
West 002 40.342’
Gants Mill & Garden
Gants Mill Lane
Bruton
Somerset
BA10 0DB
(01749) 812 393
email shingler@gantsmill.co.uk
web www.gantsmill.co.uk
Stay in Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the farmhouse or come for the afternoon on a Garden and Mill visit, especially if you are looking for a romantic wedding venue. Enjoy a bit of history, a wander along the stream among the flowers, then tea in a sunny corner of this Somerset garden. Look around the old mill, see the old machinery in action, and the new scheme for generating electricity. Then relax in the garden among the flowers (see above right). It is the perfect setting for your secluded and exclusive country wedding - a fairytale day to remember. There are streams and ponds, sculptures, and seasonal displays of iris, roses, delphiniums, day lilies, clematis, and dahlias. If you are staying a few days or a week, there is a different superb place to eat every night, and places to visit to suit every interest.
Gants Mill & Garden
Watergarden with sculptures, historic watermill for generating electricity and corn-grinding.
Flower-filled watergarden with ponds, streams, waterfalls, pergolas and garden sculptures
Historic watermill tour includes grinding corn and electricity generation
Teas and home-made cake in the fuchsia and begonia conservatory
Alison’s flower-filled watergarden has garden sculptures. Miller and historian Brian’s tour of the old watermill includes grinding corn and electricity generation.
Wander around Alison’s garden, by the streams, ponds, waterfalls and pergolas, and see the lovely garden sculptures, each in a perfect setting. Flower collections include irises, delphiniums, daylilies and dahlias. Her fuchsia and begonia conservatory is where teas and home-made cake are served.
Stepping down onto the flagged floor of the old watermill, you walk the length of the thousand year time-line showing the many uses of the mill in times gone by. Miller Brian starts up the Victorian turbine, and you hear the rumble of the grindstones stirring into life, and can feel the freshly ground meal, still warm. Peering down into the old waterwheel pit, you make out the new turbine with gushing water below it, and the generator humming as it puts electricity into the local grid.
Bed & Breakfast
Bed and breakfast are available in the farmhouse. The accommodation is just half a mile from Bruton in Somerset, and 5 miles from the Bath & West showground at Shepton Mallet, and the Wincanton racecourse. The rooms have been awarded Four Stars in the assessment scheme by VisitBritain, and the inspector added that the breakfasts are Five Star.
The rooms are smoke-free, have tea-making facilities, complimentary sherry and nibbles, television, central heating, and internet access from our wireless network. No pets, and children of 12 and over are welcome. The cost is £35 per person per night. The rooms are available all the year round apart from Christmas week.
Make a gift of a couple of days B&B to someone special with a presentation gift voucher.
Millpool View Room
The Millpool View Room has a romantic cream lacy four poster double bed, and also a single bed so it can be used as a double or twin room. It has an ensuite shower room, armchairs, antique brass and iron bedheads, antique furniture and a set of garden pictures on the walls.
Garden View Room
The Garden View Room has a cream lacy four poster double bed, antique brass and iron bedhead, armchairs, and a collection of watercolours of the house, cottage and garden by a local artist. On the wall where the sun shines is a collection of lovely old floral plates. The jug and basin on the dressing table are purely decorative - we are just in the process of putting in an ensuite shower. This is in the corner where the single bed (pictured above) used to be. The work should be completed by the end of February (before lambing starts).
Millpool View Single Room
The Millpool View Single Room is charmingly decorated with antique furniture, a handbasin, and antique lace. It has a private bathroom with shower over the bath, not shared with anyone else. Unlike the new ensuite facilities in the other rooms, this rare retro-chic bathroom has a preservation order on it (imposed by Brian, who says it is immaculate and fully functional, and avocado is a perfectly good colour.)
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Gants Mill Weddings
Romance in a Secluded and Historic Riverside Setting
Gants Mill is the perfect romantic venue for your country wedding, where you can be confident of an enchanting and memorable day.
You can book Gants Mill and Gardens for your exclusive use for the whole day. As a result you decide on how you want your special day to unfold. We do not offer wedding packages - instead we will guide you through each step so that your event is tailored to your exact requirements.
Imagine starting your event by staying the night before in one of the beautiful ensuite bedrooms at Gants Mill. Wake gently to the soothing sounds of the mill waterfall before enjoying a delicious and leisurely breakfast in the main house.
Spend the morning pampering yourself and getting ready, before being chauffeur driven in a vintage car to your ceremony. Alternatively you could get married at Gants Mill as we hope shortly to be granted a licence to hold civil ceremonies in the Conservatory and the Gazebo. Your guests can watch as you process through the rose and clematis arches of the idyllic gardens.
After the ceremony, while your guests are served canapés and drinks, you will be spoilt for choice of perfect backdrops for your wedding photographs.
Then move on to your reception in a traditional marquee, decorated in accordance with your imagination and inspiration.
After the speeches and before you dance the night away, steal away for a walk through the extensive grounds and along the green valley of the River Brue to your own private island. Gants Mill is the most charming setting for your dream country wedding. As a family concern we are committed to making your day relaxing, enjoyable and one you will remember always.
Make a viewing appointment, as we would love to show you romantic Gants Mill.
The Mount Somerset Hotel & Restaurant
An elegant Regency country house, cradled by both the Quantocks and the Blackdown Hills, the Mount Somerset is the 'Most Excellent Country Hotel' in the U.K, noted for its elegance and warmth. It has the warm, inviting feel of a delightful, private country house and, having only 11 bedrooms, gives you the feeling you are staying with friends.
The Mount Somerset Hotel, part of the von Essen collection of luxury country house hotels, is delighted to have recently won the ‘Most Excellent Country Hotel’ category at the Condé Nast Johansens 2006 Annual Awards for Excellence.
Luxury accommodation in Taunton, Somerset
Our beautifully proportioned bedrooms are all named after the small villages that surround The Mount Somerset. You'll find notes describing 'your' village in your room - one of the many welcoming touches that also include fresh flowers, luxurious towelling robes and other thoughtful extras. Exquisite fabrics, elegant furniture and comfortable beds complete the experience of total luxury.
The en-suite bathrooms complement this sumptuous feel. Most of our rooms have whirlpool baths, power showers, luxurious marble fittings, of course, yet another splendid view of the surrounding hills. Four rooms have double whirlpool baths so you can dive into the bubbles with your partner.
Dining and Private Parties
Excellent food is one of the major attractions at The Mount Somerset that boasts two first class restaurants, quite possibly the finest restaurants in Taunton. Quantock chicken, Exmoor lamb, Somerset cheeses and Brixham lobster and crab feature regularly, while our speciality home-baked breads are renowned locally.
Weddings, Civil Partnerships and Honeymoons
The Mount Somerset has earned an enviable reputation for wedding ceremony and civil partnership ceremony style and exclusivity as well as for providing the most distinctive setting for the perfect wedding reception. The atmosphere makes The Mount Somerset the perfect choice for wedding receptions.
Conferences and Business Meetings
One of the finest hotel venues for conferences and business meetings in the West Country, The Mount Somerset is located approximately 2 miles from junction 25 of the M5 motorway, 3 miles from Taunton and approx. 150 miles from London.
The Mount Somerset
Lower Henlade, Taunton
Somerset, TA3 5NB
Tel: +44 (0) 1823 442500
info@mountsomersethotel.co.uk
Dukes Hotel Bath
The Cavendish Restaurant and Bar have been designed to provide a light, airy environment in which to relax in comfort and the adjoining secluded patio garden, complete with sparkling fountain and scented roses, is perfect for summer alfresco eating. The smaller, more intimate, of the two dining rooms can be reserved for private parties, receptions or business meetings.
2 AA Rosettes
As part of Dukes Hotel the Cavendish is open to both residents and non-residents.
The Cuisine
Head Chef, Fran Snell, has created seasonal menus which reflect the tastes and variety of the very best British produce. He uses organic and free range ingredients which, where possible, are locally sourced to create a tempting choice of meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes.
Lunch: Fixed price menu offering a choice of two or three courses. Light meals are also served in the Bar and Patio Garden at lunchtime.
Dinner: Two or Three Course Menu.
Wines: Comprehensive wine list incorporating a choice of European and New World wines.
Great Pulteney Street, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DN. Tel: 01225 787960 Fax: 01225 787961
Email: info@dukesbath.co.uk
Email: www.dukesbath.co.uk
The Castle at Taunton
The Castle at Taunton is steeped in the drama and romance of English history. Once a Norman fortress, it has been welcoming travellers to the town since the 12th century. Today the Castle lives at peace with its turbulent past but preserves the atmosphere of its ancient tradition. The Chapman family have been running the hotel for 50 years and in that time it has acquired a worldwide reputation for the warmth of its hospitality. Laurels in the Good Food, RAC and AA Guides also testify the excellence of its hospitality.
Richard Guest, our Head Chef, was appointed with a mission, not merely to safeguard, but to enhance our jealously guarded reputation as one of the 20 best eating-houses in the country. Richard brings a bold, innovative style of cooking to the Castle's kitchen and is extending our British culinary repertoire in some exciting directions.
Specialities: At the Castle we create our menus by drawing inspiration from our growers, producers and farmers. Right from the very first asparagus served with our cured boar and local quails eggs, to spring lamb and young vegetables or steamed line-caught Bass with fresh peas and broad beans. Beautiful berries through the summer make for great simple pleasures such as strawberries and cream and in autumn when Brixham crab is at its best and local quinces, medlars, apples and pears are dropped at our door. All these things mean that we can give our customers the freshest tastes possible and then there is our totally British cheese board, with up to 16 artisan cheeses. Make sure you try the Elmhirst - it looks like Brie but infinitely better! You will also find an excellent room service menu offering lighter pasta dishes and the best sirloin steak we can buy.
THE CASTLE RESTAURANT IS OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER MONDAY-SATURDAY AND LUNCH ONLY ON SUNDAYS.
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