tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48980392975745775192011-07-30T18:04:32.248+01:00Slipper Cottage Bed and Breakfast is situated in one of Somerset’s most picturesque villages - Montacute, that has been designated a conservation village. Slipper Cottage B&amp;B was built in the 17th Century from golden Hamstone. It has recently been substantially renovated and the garden totally re-designed. It is a lovely old cottage with low beamed ceilings, stone fireplaces, oak and pine floorboards and has great character. http://www.slippercottage.co.ukSlipper Cottage Bed and Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462519208185573400noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898039297574577519.post-66830644441596023622009-08-22T18:01:00.005+01:002009-08-22T18:14:43.291+01:00<span style="color: orange;">SLIPPER COTTAGE</span>: A friendly welcome awaits you at this charming 17th Century&nbsp;cottage, in one of Somerset's prettiest villages, - Montacute, where 2 of our double bedrooms are made available for guests.<br /><br /><div></div><strong><span style="color: orange;">Slipper Cottage</span></strong> is a great base from which to explore Somerset and the surrounding area. <br /><div></div>Savour our delicious breakfast, offering you a selection ranging from porridge to a full English breakfast, with of course fresh fruit, yoghurt, homemade bread and preserves. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Our Rates</strong> are:<br />Single occupancy from £25 excl. Breakfast &amp; £30 incl. Breakfast<br />Double occupancy from £45 excl. Breakfast &amp; £55 incl. Breakfast<br /><br /><strong>Facilities</strong> in both rooms are as follows: Vanity Basins, Shaver Points, Colour Televisions, Tea &amp; Coffee making facilities, Central Heating, Trouser presses and Hair Driers<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: red;">We do not allow Pets, and operate as a NO SMOKING house.</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Payment</strong> by Cash or Cheque made payable to Mrs S Weir. Unfortunately Credit/Debit Cards cannot be accepted<br /><br /><strong>Opening Times:</strong> Slipper Cottage is open all year except Christmas &amp;New Year <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Directions:</strong><br />MONTACUTE is only 1 mile from the main A303 (the main trunk road from London to the South West), and is about 18 miles from the M5 motorway.<br /><ul><li>From London, Heathrow or Gatwick take the M3 to J8, then the A303 to Cartgate Roundabout (about 7 miles west of Ilchester), left onto A3088, after half a mile turn right into Montacute. </li><li>From the north or south take M5 to J25, then take the A358 towards Ilminster, left onto A303 for about 10 miles to Cartgate roundabout, right onto a3088, after half a mile turn right into Montacute. We are located on the left 100 yards before the church. It is the only house with a bay window. </li></ul><strong>PLACES OF INTEREST - WITHIN 10 MILES</strong> <br /><ul><li>Barrington Court - National Trust - 16th Century Elizabethan House and superb walled gardens</li><li>Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park - The TV Series 'To the Manor Born' was filmed here.</li><li>East Lambrook Manor Gardens - designed by Margery Fish</li><li>Ham Hill, Iron Age Fort </li><li>Haynes Motor Museum</li><li>Lower Severalls Gardens</li><li>Lytes Cary - National Trust - 14th Century Manor House</li><li>Muchelney Pottery, John Leach</li><li>Perry's Cider Mill and Museum - you can sample the cider before purchase!!!</li><li>Montacute TV &amp; Radio Museum</li><li>Muchelney Abbey &amp; Church with oldest working barrel organ in any UK church</li><li>Tintinhull House Gardens - National Trust</li><li>Worldwide Butterflies &amp; Lullingstone Silk Farm</li><li>Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum - with Concorde 002 prototype</li><li>There are 5 golf courses within 12 miles. - Chedington Court, Long Sutton, Sherborne, Windwhistle, Yeovil </li></ul><br /><strong>PLACES OF INTEREST - WITHIN 20 MILES</strong><br /><br /><ul><li>Burton Bradstock is a pretty village on the coast - next to 'Hive Beach' with National Trust Café and Free Car Parking for National Trust members.</li><li>Clarkes Village Retail Outlet at Street</li><li>Forde Abbey - 12th Century Cistercian Abbey with wonderful gardens.</li><li>Glastonbury Abbey, 7th Century, the oldest above ground Christian Church in the world!! And King Arthur's burial place</li><li>Glastonbury Tor</li><li>Hardy's Cottage (National Trust)</li><li>Hardy's House (National Trust)</li><li>Hestercombe Gardens - designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll</li><li>Maiden Castle - near Dorchester - Iron Age Fort</li><li>Mapperton Gardens, near Beaminster, surrounding a Jacobean Manor House</li><li>Sherborne Abbey - dates originally from Saxon times</li><li>Sherborne Castle - built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594</li><li>West Bay - Old fishing port</li><li>World Heritage Jurassic Coast</li></ul><br /><div><strong>PLACES OF INTEREST - WITHIN 1 HOURS DRIVE</strong></div><br /><ul><li>Abbotsbury Swannery</li><li>Bath</li><li>Dartmoor</li><li>Dorchester - Market Town - famous for links with Thomas Hardy and 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'</li><li>Also Tutankhamun Exhibition</li><li>Dunster Castle (National Trust)</li><li>Dunster Village with it's very old Yarn Market</li><li>Exeter</li><li>Exmoor</li><li>Honiton - famous for lace making - now a good centre for antique shops</li><li>Killerton House and Gardens (National Trust) - famous costume collections from the 1700s to todayJohn Veitch created the gardens in 1770</li><li>Knightshayes Court - (National Trust) a lovely Victorian mansion with formal and woodland gardens </li><li>Lyme Regis - olde worlde seaside town, famous for it's Cobb and Quay (where they filmed 'The French Lieutenants Woman)</li><li>Quantock Hills</li><li>Salisbury</li><li>Stourhead House and Gardens - (National Trust) built in 1740 - landscaped gardens around a lake with temples and grotto.</li><li>Wells Cathedral - over 1,000 years old</li><li>Wells cathedral Bishop's Palace - with lovely gardens</li><li>Weymouth</li><li>Wookey Hole Caves - with spectacular caves, Madame Tussaud's storerooms, anda working Victorian Paper Mill </li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898039297574577519-6683064444159602362?l=slippercottage-bandb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Slipper Cottage Bed and Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462519208185573400noreply@blogger.com0