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Windermere, Cumbria - The Lake District, England
Number of guests
Sleeps up to 22
Property description
The Samling is one of those houses you wish was yours - and now it can be, in its entirety! For a weekend, a week, or for however long you want, you and your group of up to 22 can have the run of this beautiful Lake District hideaway, with its garden and sixty seven acre estate.
Built in the 1780s, the hotel is positioned a few hundred feet above Lake Windermere. Formerly known as dovenest, it’s the place Wordsworth came to pay his rent each month, walking to the house from nearby Dove Cottage in Grasmere. It opened as a hotel in the 1980s and has rapidly become one of the finest country house hotels in the country. Your group can take it over on an exclusive use basis, enjoying unimpeachable service, wonderful cooking, fine wines, boutique-hotel style bedrooms, hi-tech communication and the best of The Lake District’s outdoor activities.
Location
An unrivalled Lake District location, between Windermere and Ambleside, with stunning views over the water and onto the fells. The hotel is three hours by train from London. The nearest shops and pubs are in Windermere, some ten minutes away.
Airports: Manchester (90 miles); Newcastle (113 miles). Helipad on site.
Stations: Windermere; Oxenholme on the West Coast Main Line (25 mins).
Accommodation
The Samling has its own private dining room, built to allow guests to enjoy dinner together as a group. In terms of the cuisine itself, the three rosette restaurant is led by Nigel Mendham, and offers food made only from the finest, freshest locally-sourced ingredients. The pioneering dishes have a lightness of touch unlike any other restaurant in the area. The hotel’s famous Cumbrian breakfast, enjoyed tucked up in bed, is a must! Its wine list is also reputable and is constantly evolving, with an excellent balance between new and old world (the hotel has its own house winery).
The hotel sleeps 22 altogether, in 11 double rooms. All are startlingly different, and all but two have stunning views over Lake Windermere. The Bothy Suite, for example, has an antique ceramic rain shower bath, which makes every soak an exciting experience! Six bedrooms are in the main house and five have been fashioned out of the original cottages. There is no best room - everyone has his own favourite.
CONFERENCES
The Samling is the perfect place to mix business with pleasure, without any of the usual distractions. While you’re miles from the nearest city, you’ll have all the essential facilities in-house. The Conference Centre in the old stables, for example, seats fourteen people in complete comfort. It is equipped and regularly updated with all the necessary audio-visual and communication tools. On a more intimate level, there are a number of syndicate rooms for smaller meetings. And a few yards away, The Dutch Barn Theatre can comfortably seat up to sixty delegates.
WEDDINGS
The Samling is licensed to hold civil marriage ceremonies. It has extremely high standards of service and quality, and a talent to make your great day worry-free. With eleven suites, you can take over the whole place, and accommodation for extra guests is available locally. You can have a marquee in the grounds if you wish, and although the hotel will suggest menus, they can cater for virtually anything you want.
Facilities
Besides the facilities already mentioned, there is a garden hot tub with amazing views over the lake – bliss after a day’s outdoor activity.
Area
There’s so much you can do in and around The Samling, whether you’re a group that wants to be active or would prefer simply to chill out indoors.
Here are just a few ideas:
• A morning on a horse
• A lunch in a pub
• A snooze in a boat
• A picnic on a hillside
• A couple of hours’ water-skiing
• A Wainwright hike
• A trout before dinner
• A sail when you feel like it
• A paraglide after tea
• A dive at dawn
• A canoe to an island
• A game of croquet at elevenses
• A sunset in an outdoor hot tub
• A ten-course banquet
• Somersaults on the lawn
Local attractions include:
• The homes of both Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter
• Holker Hall
• Tailored tours of the Lake District
• Sailing, canoeing, windsurfing on Lake Windermere
• A champagne cruise on Lake Coniston Steamer
• Off-road driving
• Clay pigeon shooting
However you choose to spend your time here, talk to the owners before you arrive and they will arrange everything.
Prices
Exclusive use:
Weekend (Fri and Sat nights): from £9,000 + VAT per night
During week: (Sun-Thurs): from £8,000 + VAT per night
The price includes full afternoon teas, dinners with unlimited wine, champagne, soft drinks and full Cumbrian breakfasts.
Minimum stay: one night.
Contact the property owners
Phone: +44 (0)1539 431922
Fax: +44 (0)1539 430400
Please note that you cannot rent this property directly from The Big Domain. If you wish to rent The Samling, or would like to enquire about availability, please click on the Contact the Property Owner button above, and use the form provided to contact the owner directly.
