Barstow Towers - Somerset (Region)

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Positive things: - Helpful hostess who informed us of local eating place. - Comfortable temperature in room. - Reasonable beds. - Large basic but clean bathroom (not ensuite) - Nice breakfast apart from overdone bacon. White toast delivered without asking us if we'd like brown (which we would have). - Interesting house with interesting history. - Friendly […] dogs Things that could have been better: - We arrived in the dark. Fortunately our satnav took us pretty much to the gate, and fortunately we had a torch to read the small sign on the gatepost - which was not Barstow Towers, but Mulberry House .(Lucky I remembered the full address). Light at the gate would have helped. - No outside light in the porch to help us find the keyhole on subsequent return in the dark. - Hassled hostess who had been panicking because we hadn't arrived before 7.30 pm. - No lock on the bedroom door. - Separate bathroom and no sink in the room meant trip to the bathroom to fill the kettle. - Kettle on the floor. (Health and safety?) - No milk or milk sachets in the room. - Stale tea bag made disgusting tasting tea (after we had gone down to pinch milk from the breakfast table) and one of the coffee sachets was left empty. - Furniture in the room was draped with tablecloths and everything looked very dated (but perhaps others would see that as period charm) - Doing makeup was a problem. Triple mirror was on a table (cloth-covered) in the chimney recess with no light. Quite useless. No direct light on bathroom mirror. I ended up having to kneel on the floor in front of a mirror which was propped against the wall. - Asking hostess for the Wi-fi key in the morning meant a major hassle as she had to ring her husband at work, (and informed us that he was in a bad mood to be disturbed), spend time trying to find it, then stated she couldn't do that AND cook breakfast. What should have been a routine request made us feel as if we'd been a nuisance. Mehr

This was more than just a stay in a beautiful and peaceful part of the country, albeit for 1 night. Our experience was delightful from the very 1st minute we arrived. It was more like staying with a very dear aunt and uncle who were just spoiling you. Very kind, hospitible people with relaxed atmosphere in a wonderful setting. We loved it....

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This was England at its best! We were greeted and hosted more like friends than one night guests. This is a beautiful 19th Century home that one is made to feel completely at home in from the first moment. Everything was perfect and nothing more could have been done to make our stay just wonderful. The house is adorable and so peaceful, this is a gem […] not to be missed. Many thanks to the owners for making our much too short stay, something to be remembered for a long, long time. Mehr