Tuesday 30 July 2019

The Newt, Somerset (+ Bruton, Castle Cary, Batcombe, Yarlington)



More Castle Cary than Bruton?

The Newt in Somerset, Bruton BA7 7NG


The Newt in Somerset


Trip Advisor comments


From Bruton Town website


I am curious about The Newt, but I reserve judgement. Having grown up close to Hadspen House during the nineteen fifties and sixties, I remember the view of the country house as it was then, when the nearby Stag's Head pub at Yarlington (our weekend regular for over twenty years) was a delightful traditional country pub with a skittles alley, and there was a golf course in Yarlington where my father would play and we would walk.


How my sleepy Somerset idyll became nothing of the sort, Mariella Frostrup


"The photographer Don McCullin, who moved to the area 30 years ago to escape the hurly-burly of London life, still shakes his head at how the place he was drawn to for peaceful solitude has become a magnet to those seeking the opposite...Nowadays thanks to the zest and imagination of so many locals, who’ve created a multitude of new ventures, the area can feel overrun. There’s festivals, pop-ups and Packhorse Fairs. Now The Newt in Somerset – a further billionaire fantasy project this time from luxury South African hoteliers Babylonstoren – is about to open, it seems the town’s future as a destination for those seeking artistic inspiration, plush hospitality and local crafts and clothes in some of the most ancient and beautiful countryside is secure".


Photo of Don McCullin, Bruton, by Joel Meadows: 'Don McCullin, Bruton, Somerset, 9th November 2015'


Bruton Dovecote, Jeff Bevan photos, Following My Feet

*****

From The Sunday Times Home Section, on the new country clubs and The Newt (Zoe Dare Hall, July 28, 2019)



"The sound of birdsong is interrupted by the crunch of Range Rover Evoques on gravel, with a caravan of Ocado vans close behind...The Newt in Somerset...opening next month...is set to be a magnet for a certain crowd."


The Stag's Head Inn and Restaurant now











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