The Dorchester Collection's New Country Pad Is All About The 'Firsts'

September 29, 2010 at 3:14 PM | by juliab | Comment (1)

Last time we heard about Coworth Park, the country retreat for the Dorchester Collection, it was something of a mystery with a teaser website promising a Georgian manor house under an hour from London with an �understated design palette with playful, creative accents�.

Well now it�s open. It opened Monday (another late one � they were promising �Summer 2010� before), but seeing what they�ve done to the place, we�re prepared to cut them some slack for their tardiness.

According to the hotel, it marks a whole series of firsts. The first hotel in the UK to have its own polo fields. The first to have a biomass boiler, fueled with willow grown on site, for energy. And the first hotel spa in the world, no less. to carry treatments from organic fiend Dr Alkaitis.

According to the hotel:

Dorchester Collection�s vision was to create the finest country house hotel in the UK with a design and d�cor that recognized Coworth Park�s Georgian origins yet avoided predictable country house clich�s.

And although there aren't any pics of the rooms on the website yet, it looks like you can choose between a room in the main house, a cottage outside or even some converted stables. And although this is a country gaffe, they promise "a distinctly modern flair".

There are also three restaurants, 240 acres of parkland on the estate including sunken gardens, a lime grove and a tame family of swans, an equestrian center and a golf club next door.

The price of luxury? From �235 a night, or �375 in the suites (including breakfast, excluding tax). Which actually isn�t bad, if it�s up to the standards of its fellow DC hotels.

To book, call 01344 876600 or email reservations.uk@dorchestercollection.com.

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