Highlights

Glamorous Georgian residence, sleeps 20

Soundproofed entertainment room with decks, karaoke machine, cinema and more

Aga-studded kitchen and professional catering facilities

A flamboyant dining room that seats 22

Individually decorated theatrical bedrooms

A sister beach hut at Old Hunstanton

A big hot tub in the garden house

Activities galore can be booked on and offsite

Smith tip

Embrace the inspiration behind this house's name and take along some Dallas and Dynasty boxsets to play in the Leisure Lounge as the cinema-screened backdrop to your disco-style shenanigans. Carrington House is sister, after all, to king-of-kitsch, Cliff Barns, and those names can't go unsaluted.

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Carrington House

Norfolk, United Kingdom[view map]

Style: Glamorous, Georgian and utterly unique
Setting: Slap bang in Snettisham village

Grand Georgian red-brick residence from the outside, over-the-top kitsch-but-quality glamour palace on the inside. An adjoining cottage provides a secluded side to the property. As for entertaining – this house is made for letting the good times flow. Two stylish sitting rooms, a flamboyant dining room that seats 22, a sociable kitchen and a basement leisure lounge which, as well as having DJ decks, karaoke machine and cinema screen, even has its own dressing-up room – complete with costumes.

Need to know

Rates

Prices start at £2,250 for two nights during the week and £3,650 for a three-night weekend break and rise to £8,550 for Christmas and new year bookings. Ring 0845 034 0700 to find out the best possible rate for your dates.

Sleeps

Up to 20 (nine bedrooms in total plus a sofa bed for 2 in the cottage).

Ideal for

Up-all-night celebrations with friends, inspiring brainstorming breaks, eccentric family escapes.

Minimum hire

Three nights.

Booking process

20 per cent deposit needed to secure booking. A sum of £1,000 will be held on account by the hotel from seven days prior to your agreed date of arrival. The same sum of £1,000 is to be released by them on satisfactory completion of the checking of the inventory following your stay. Smith deposit taken when you book.

Property style

A Grade-II Georgian red-brick residence with colourful retro-meets-now unscrimping design.

Grounds

A lovely garden is framed by copper beech trees and visited by friendly chickens. There’s also a walled terraced area furnished with sun loungers, a stable with a hot tub and, hopefully in the future, a sauna and spa-treatment room.

In the know

Eating and drinking

Say the word and catering can be arranged, with a selection of special menus to choose from. Pre-prepared meals or barbecue kits for you to work a treat with can be there on arrival. Go the whole hog and request a three-course, sit-down supper or simply sign up for cooked breakfasts to be made for you. You might find that the kitchen here is so cute you won't mind reaching for that apron yourself.

Housekeeping

There is no service during the usual two-night break but an additional clean can be arranged for an extra fee.

Entertainment

State-of-the-art plasma TV and iPod dock in one of the ground-floor sitting rooms which filters music wherever you choose. In the subterranean Leisure Lounge there's a karaoke machine, DJ decks and CD mixer, a projector screen and even a dressing-up room complete with fancy-dress costumes. All sorts of activities can be arranged beyond, too: cycling, mountain biking, go-karting, seal watching, microlite flying, paintballing, yachting, sailing, canoeing, fishing, water skiing, badminton, squash, clay-pigeon shooting, aerobics, game shooting, martial arts, five-a-side football, deer stalking, archery, fruit picking, ‘Go Ape’ jungle adventures, golf.

Provided

Fancy-dress costumes.

Packing tips

Swimwear for the hot tub. Musical instruments to use in the Leisure Lounge. (Best brush up on your TV theme tunes for that homage to Dynasty – geddit? And don't forget your Krystal-worthy shoulder pads to recreate 80s-tastic outfits.)

For a detailed description of all the rooms and grounds, click here

Also worth knowing

Children: What child wouldn't love this fantasyland? An eccentric rendezvous geared at young-at-heart adults but also actual children, they can provide all the hardware your little ones might need.
Weddings: This property is suitable for weddings. More…

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