Summer Lodge

Frommer's Review

In this country-house hotel (a Relais & Châteaux property) 24km (15 miles) north of Dorchester, resident owners Nigel and Margaret Corbett provide care, courtesy, and comfort. Once home to heirs of the earls of Ilchester, the house, in the village of Evershot, now stands on 1.6 hectares (4 acres) of secluded gardens. Evershot appears as Evershed in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and author Thomas Hardy (that name again) designed a wing of the house. In this relaxed, informal atmosphere, bedrooms have views of either the garden or over village rooftops to fields beyond. The hotel is regularly redecorated and recarpeted. Bedrooms are individually decorated and have many comforts. Rooms and suites are split among the main building, a coach house, and three cottages.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; indoor pool; tennis court; gym; spa; croquet lawn; room service; laundry service

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