History of the House and The Historic Grounds
The first stone was laid at Endsleigh in 1810 by Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford and her three eldest stepsons. The land had come to the Russell family on the dissolution of the monasteries; it had previously been church land, owned by Tavistock Abbey and was given by the King ‘for services rendered’.
LUNCH AT LAINSTON HOUSE
Lainston House is one of a small group of ‘Exclusive Hotels’, owned by the Pecorelli family.
Exclusive Hotels is one of the most respected family-owned hotel groups in the UK, and they celebrated their 30th Anniversary in 2011, during which time it has transformed the image of the country house hotel and set standards for others to follow.
The Pecorelli dynasty began in 1981 when founder Giuseppe, a former Director of the Trusthouse Forte Group, purchased the Pennyhill Park Hotel at Bagshot in Surrey.
We were recently fortunate enough to be lent a special edition, Aston Martin ‘Vanquish’, which was produced as part of their 100th Anniversary Celebrations, so we decided that such a beautiful piece of automotive engineering deserved suitably elegant settings, and the first of these was provided by the Ellenborough Park, a Mantis hotel which occupies a stunning position overlooking Cheltenham Race Course, and so is very popular with the Irish ‘High Rollers’ during Cheltenham Gold Cup Week.
I had been all over Thailand but never had any special desire to go to Phuket, but I succumbed last month, having been invited by a lovely generous friend, who had taken over a large private chunk of the legendary Amanpuri Resort, the first of the 25 Aman (‘Peace’) luxury resorts and apparently the favourite of Adrian Zecha, its founder. I decided to go to the Amanpuri for a week and add on another week to further explore the island. I discovered some magical places, enough to satisfy the most discerning of tourists, but there is much I wish I had know before I went.
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The Vintage Magazine is excited to introduce to you four very different experiences , one in the wild, one in the sunshine, one in the mountains and finally, one literally out of this world!
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Colours of Autumn – Walking Boots and Bright Crisp Mornings, What could be better?
Set off for the breathtaking South Coast or head into the rolling hills of the South Downs National Park for an uplifting breath of fresh air. Perfect for giving you an appetite for dinner in one of the Goodwood Hotel’s award winning restaurants with mouth-watering dishes created from Estate reared produce.
Breaks start from just £110 per room per night including a full English breakfast, based on two people sharing a newly refurbished Signature king or twin room and a Goodwood Walking Map to explore the Estate.
To book please telephone 01243 775537 or email reservations@goodwood.com.
* Available 1 October – 31 December 2012 subject to availability. Excludes Christmas and New Year.
I have written elsewhere in this issue of The Vintage Magazine about the revolutionary Hotelier, Robin Hutson, and referred to his previous Finance Director, Peter Chittick, who, with his wife Carolyn created a stunning Hotel perched on top of a Hill Village in Provence, called ‘Crillon le Brave’.
It was in the summer of 1988 that Peter and Carolyn set about finding a Provençal property to convert into a hotel. Read more…
Robin Hutson – The Hotel Guru
I first met Robin Hutson in 1994, when he and Gerard Basset, who had worked together at Chewton Glen, opened the first Hotel du Vin in Winchester, in what was the old Southgate Hotel. Nobody could have predicted what followed. Read more…
