Summer Lodge Hotel & The Acorn Inn, Fore Street, Evershot, Dorchester

SUMMER LODGE HOTEL



Summer Lodge Country House & Hotel is a 5-star Georgian House featuring a fine dining restaurant with 3 AA Rosettes.



Summer Lodge has 26 bedrooms and suites of up to 83 sqm, divided amongst the various buildings including: the main Hotel building, 7 Fore Street and 1 & 2 Summer Lane. The Acorn Inn, a traditional country Inn a short distance from the hotel features 10 individually designed bedrooms providing a total bedroom count of 36.



Summer Lodge is renowned for its culinary expertise featuring a three AA Rosette fine dining restaurant and whisky bar. The Restaurant can seat 30 diners for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The Bar is a warm and cosy room with wooden flooring and a roaring fire place with seating for approximately 10-15 guests.


The Hotel’s wellness facilities are all located in one building. The pool is covered by a stunning glass conservatory with views of the surrounding garden. As well as the indoor pool, the Spa provides a, jacuzzi, sauna, two treatment rooms, a gym and associated changing room facilities.


The Hotel's mature gardens are a particular feature providing excellent amenity space for hotel guests.



THE ACORN INN




The Acorn Inn is an award-winning traditional Coaching Inn built in the 16th Century with 10 letting bedrooms. Situated a short distance from Summer Lodge, the building is arranged over basement, ground and two upper floors. The Inn is mentioned in Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ where he describes its old beams, low ceilings, oak panelling, flagstone floors and roaring open fires.


The Inn features ten individually designed bedrooms adorned with period antiques. The restaurant serves local dishes inspired by the finest produce from local and sustainable sources. There is a large car park and beer garden with outdoor seating located to the rear of the property.

Summer Lodge & The Acorn Inn are located in Evershot, a picture-postcard village within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Property benefits from excellent connectivity to many nearby attractions and demand generators including the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline which features some of best beaches, coves and bays in the UK. The Hotel is adjacent to Melbury Park, a 600-hectare deer park dating back to the early 16th Century featuring Melbury House, a Grade-I listed courtyard house built in the 1530’s. The Park itself is Grade-II* listed boasting beautiful landscaped gardens dating back to the late 17th Century in addition to several lakes, valleys and glades.