Classic Georgian manor house in sweeping parkland setting.
You can almost picture the carriages from bygone days bowling up to Ston Easton Park, set in 36 acres of parkland near Bath. This Palladian mansion is one of the most romantic estates in the West Country.
Come Here For...
- High living in scenic Somerset.
- Peaceful country weekends with crackling log fires.
- Golfing and outdoor pursuits.
Hit the spot
A beautiful parkland estate ten miles from Bath.
Amenities
Over 35 acres of beautiful parkland along the River Norr – the head gardener often gives guided tours. There's also a billiard room, tennis court, croquet lawn and helipad, plus a resident pooch ready for walkies with guests. In-suite beauty treatments by arrangement. There are some magnificent State rooms in the manor, a Victorian kitchen garden and a private cottage in the grounds. Farrington golf club is next door.
Good to know
It's grand but never intimidating.
Essential info
Check in
14:00
Checkout
11:00
Minimum Stay
Not generally
Closed
Never
Parking
There is free guest parking.
Airport
Bristol Airport – 12 miles. There is a helipad on site.
Train
Bath Spa station – 11 miles.
Pets
Welcome
Children
Welcome, though not in the restaurant after 19:30
Location
Ston Easton, Bath, Somerset, BA3 4DF, United Kingdom
Bedtime
Bedrooms
22 rooms and suites
Special features
Antique furniture, rich drapery, a DVD/CD player and complimentary newspapers. Some bedrooms have carved four poster or coronet beds.
Pillow Talk
Grandly decorated rooms have an aristocratic English feel and enticing views of the lovely grounds. Splash out in the fabulous Master Bedroom, with its panoramic views and original Chippendale four poster bed, or the opulent Chinese room. Or get wrapped up in each other in the top floor Terrace room, with its private patio, or the secluded Gardener’s Cottage.
Eat & Drink
Dining in
You’ll want to dress up to enjoy the best of head chef Daniel Moon’s inventive English inspired cuisine in Ston Easton’s Sorrel Restaurant. Start with Lyme Bay King Scallop, followed perhaps by locally sourced saddle of venison with red onion tarte tatin. Valrhona chocolate brownie with salted caramel to follow is simply delicious. There’s also an outstanding wine list.
Breakfast
Breakfast is served until 10am. Specialities include smoke haddock and poached egg in a herb sauce, or grilled kippers.
Room service
Available 24 hours.
Activities
See & Do
You’re nicely close to Bath here without being city-centre, so spend a day discovering its famous Georgian terraces and Thermae Spa. The pint-size city of Wells is close by, with its pretty cathedral green and tea rooms, while Cheddar and its famous gorge and caves are a short drive away.
Play croquet or tennis at the hotel, book a morning’s clay pigeon shooting or play a round of golf at nearby Farringdon Golf and Country club. Hot air balloon rides can also be arranged.
Spa
A range of in-room beauty and wellbeing treatments can be booked through reception.
See our guestbook.
Everything was a high standard and the grounds are ideal for a romantic stroll. Oscar the dog may decide to come too! The house is in a lovely location and is grand while remaining warm and inviting. It was nice to come back to a crackling log fire in the library. A very enjoyable stay.
Testimonial left by Kirsten from Andover on 14 January, 2015
Our review
As reviewed by Mark MacGee
YOU CAN ALMOST PICTURE THE CARRIAGES from bygone days bowling along the drive of Ston Easton Park. Set in 36 acres of parkland, this Palladian mansion is one of the most romantic estates in the West Country.
Set on the edge of the Mendip hills 20 minutes from Bath, Ston Easton Park has everything you would expect of a grand 18th century country house. Log fires burn, antiques and oil paintings abound, and views over the rolling private estate are second to none. You might have stepped into the pages of a Jane Austen novel.
Now newly refurbished, Ston Easton lives and breathes old-time elegance. The grandly classic lounge, with its lofty proportions and ornate ceiling, is a stunner. No new-age replicas here – from its oil paintings and huge chandeliers to its wood-panelled library lined with leather-bound volumes, this Grade I listed mansion is the real McCoy.
Silks and taffeta
Bedrooms come with antique furniture, original features and – in many – four poster or coronet beds. All are different in size and feel, and marble bathrooms (many converted from the original wig rooms) gleam in marble and glass. Rustling taffeta drapes, huge silken tassels and soothing colours evoke the richness of Regency England, while drench showers and wi-fi provide all essential 21st century comforts.
Decorated in shades of jade and crimson, our sprawling Master Bedroom boasted a huge Chippendale four-poster draped in silks and crushed velvet. Tall windows framed views of an ancient cedar tree, shimmering river and rolling hills that might have been straight out of a Gainsborough painting. We also loved the secluded 18th century Gardener’s cottage hidden away in the gardens.
Downstairs, you can admire the oil paintings in the flag stoned foyer, have a nightcap beside a blazing fire on cool evenings or leaf through a copy of Country Life in one of the lounges. Check out the billiard room in the cellars, or enjoy lunch or afternoon tea in summer on the outside terrace.
Discover the “below stairs” Georgian kitchen, with its polished copper pots, or stroll past a burbling brook along Ston Easton’s woodland paths and landscaped gardens with Oscar, the friendly house spaniel.
Ston Easton’s pastel-panelled dining room provides a smart setting for head chef Matthew Butcher’s inventive English inspired cooking using produce from the hotel’s own kitchen garden. Prefer something lighter? Staff will kit you out with a picnic hamper and rugs for you to dine in the grounds on sunny days.
Warm and welcoming staff ensure you’ll find the place grand, but never intimidating. And house spaniel Oscar is a tail-wagging charmer who is at the ready for walkies with guests come rain or shine.
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