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Spring Cottage

Berkshire, United Kingdom

Interior

Bedrooms

Spring Cottage feels as though it has two master bedrooms – both doubles are grand.

Downstairs, across from the TV room, is a roomy riverside boudoir with an ensuite down a little internal hallway. That huge freestanding tub must have played host to many aristocratic ablutions in its time.

Upstairs, a very pretty bedroom overlooks the Thames with the sort of dressing table you can just picture a Sixties starlet grooming herself to perfection.

Across the small hallway is a vast Toile du Jouy-decorated bathroom with antique luxuries such as old-fashioned scales and a lengthy cushioned windowseat – perfect if your luxuriating in the tub is likely to pull a crowd.

On this floor this bathroom is shared with a smaller navy-blue children’s bedroom; the single bed has a pull-out trundle mattress. There is also plenty of room for a cot. Sneak into the eaves cupboards and you’ll find a few extra board games.


Kitchen
One imagines this is intended more for the staff to prepare your meals in than for guests to sully themselves using personally. Should you want to whip up a snack, your butler will be happy to provide a tea and biscuits or a platter of cold cuts. There is also an extensive menu for room service.
Living room
There’s a cosy sitting room with a big telly and comfy sofas – perfect for adjourning to with a nightcap.
Dining room
This vaulted, lead-windowed room has a basilical feel with a huge round table that can seat up to ten comfortably. A cosy nook by the fire begs that you make the most of the shelves of games around the corner. This reception room is made all the more special with the way it leads to its private Secret Garden-like riverbank grounds.

Outdoor

Gardens
As well as your own pocket of foliage-filled riverside grounds complete with a small boat mooring, the National Trust gardens beyond include water gardens and topiary splendour.
Poolside
The Pavilion Spa is a ten-minute stroll or chauffeured drive away. Here you'll find heated indoor and outdoor pools where you can really live out your Profumo fantasies – well, within the bounds of respectable hotel-style behaviour.
Parking
Guests park their own cars at the main hotel and are chauffeured to the cottage whenever needed.