Mellow Manor is where country elegance and creature comforts blend seamlessly for the most relaxed large group holidays you can imagine. The loveliest, gentlest feels pervade throughout the house and gardens, you’ll feel so at home, happy days and peaceful nights will be yours.
Downstairs
Park up at the top of the drive, get out your bags and go on in, only pausing to take in those spectacular far-reaching views. Step through the porch into the large hall, taking a note of the piano – great for a sing-song! On your right is the light and airy drawing room, like something gracing the pages of a country interiors magazine; next to it is the dining/living room with a very inviting seating area and a long oak table where celebration feasts will be remembered.
After the dining area there’s a kitchen, what we call the domestic kitchen, and it’s so homely with a scrubbed pine table and an Aga. Just around the hall there’s a fully equipped commercial kitchen that takes any stress out of cooking for a large group and gives private chefs somewhere to work while you all enjoy yourselves, gathered in the drawing room, sipping cocktails on the terrace.
Upstairs
Off a wide landing are the Bedrooms, and how lovely they are, every single one of them. Who’s going to sleep in Bedroom 1? They’ll have a four posted bed and a very unusual ensuite bathroom, Art Deco style, with a huge bespoke bath. All rooms have ensuite facilities, and with Bedrooms 4 and 5 sharing a Jack and Jill bathroom it makes a good arrangement for a family – kids in one room, parents in the other, bathroom in the middle. And don’t forget – most of the rooms have those wonderful views to wake up to.
Outside
The gardens at Mellow Manor are so enchanting - 5 roam and ramble acres, mostly landscaped and so good to explore. You can have a brilliant game of hide-and-seek because the paths twist and turn and there are so many surprises. At the front of the house there’s a balustraded terrace, at the side there’s a large patio, both taking in those views, those views. Play croquet on the lawn, listen to the tinkle of the fountain, retreat from the blazing sun in the cool of the Victorian grotto.
Lounge about by the pool, swim a few lengths then take your repose in the summer house or under the pagoda; refresh and rejuvenate in the sauna – all so perfect for a wellness break. Head to the tennis court and cheer one another on, round it off with strawberries and cream and Pimms (what else?).
And there’s more. In the Courtyard building at the back of the house there’s a self-contained laundry room, and a gym and table tennis; upstairs is the yoga/dance studio and the games room/snooker room, kitted out with a full size snooker table, sofas and bookcases for all the vibes of a traditional gentlemen’s club.
Find your little piece of heaven in Devon when you stay at Mellow Manor. Be happy, love every single moment, love the memories.