One of the finest country house hotels in Dorset, this fine Jacobean manor house is located in the heart of Thomas Hardy's ‘vale of little dairies'. Still owned and lived in by the same family that built it in the early 1600s, there's no pretence here. You're guests of one of the oldest families in Dorset, whose roots can be traced back to William the Conqueror; they'll really look after you. The food is excellent, so much so that Chef, one of the three brothers at Plumber, is something of a celebrity in his native Dorset. “Our guests are our friends and I cook for my friends”.
To stay here is like staying with family. The bedrooms are so comfortable and the beautiful gardens a constant pleasure; magnificent trees, herbaceous borders, topiary courtyard, a large, sloping lawn, croquet and tennis, a white bridge over Divelish Stream (good for Pooh Sticks), pig sculptures and lots of lovely chairs and benches tucked away to relax on.
Plumber Manor is a quintessential English country house hotel, well located for visiting Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Blandford Forum, Dorchester, Beaminster, Cerne Abbas and its Giant, Lulworth, Studland and the Jurassic Coast.
Dogs welcome.
Plumber Manor is convenient for visiting Sherborne Castle. For further information see www.sherbornecastle.com > Rooms: 16
> Facilities nearby include fishing, golf, riding, shooting nearby by arrangement. Children and dogs welcome by arrangement.
> The Plumber Manor Hotel is open early March to late January |
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