I'm fresh from a soul-soothing stay at Temple Guiting Manor, an exclusive-use property in the heart of the Cotswolds, where I was treated to some first-rate hospitality and the last few rays of summer sun before the onset of autumn's arrival. Just half an hour's taxi ride from Cheltenham, the Estate is spread across 14.5 acres of landscaped gardens, with various honey-coloured Cotswold stone barns and outbuildings that are bookable individually or together. Lovingly restored by owner Steven Collins and his wife Jane, the buildings have their own unique style, fabrics and furnishings and marry the comforts of home with the luxury of a boutique hotel. Like its sister property, Henry's Townhouse in Marylebone, a stay here is like stepping into different chapters of a storybook. Both Steven and Jane are avid art collectors, and it shows. Steven is a director of the Chelsea Harbour Estate, which includes The Design Centre, the largest interior design centre in Europe. Ja
Temple Guiting Manor hotel review: Manor from heaven in the Cotswolds
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14 May 2021 • 10:23am
The Eliza bedroom at Henry s Townhouse in London, a beautiful new exclusive-use rental that was originally conceived as a hotel
In a complex year, perhaps it’s no bad thing that No. 24 Upper Berkeley Street in London’s Marylebone will be the boutique hotel that never was. Born and raised around the corner, Jane Collins bought the property with her husband Steven in 2018: already proprietors of Temple Guiting Manor in the Cotswolds, they had high hopes of turning what was then a “really grotty, awful B&B” into Henry’s Townhouse, an intimate luxury hotel. Through its dishevelled state they could discern true architectural and structural beauty – it was Grade II listed for good reason – and there was the obvious appeal of its location, on a discreet residential street still just minutes from Hyde Park and Selfridges.