The Old Parsonage Country House
The Old Parsonage is a magnificently restored Georgian country house set in a beautifully picturesque village, and offering top quality Bed & Breakfast accommodation.
The grand reception rooms of the house are furnished with antiques, and there is a large sunny Conservatory overlooking a secluded garden.
The en suite guest bedrooms are luxuriously appointed and well equipped with all modern facilities such as: colour television, radio alarm clock, hairdryer and refreshments tray.
More personal touches include fresh flowers, toiletries, books and magazines and a comprehensive guide to the main places of interest in the area.
Reception rooms are comfortably spacious and elegantly furnished with antiques.
In the large dining-room with oak refectory table & ancient candelabras, there is an interesting collection of sepia-toned photographs of old Frant.
The elegant drawing room overlooks the secluded and partly walled garden. And the conservatory, which is ablaze with colour throughout the summer, is popular for afternoon teas or pre dinner drinks.
For evening meals the two character village pubs (both with restaurants) are a few minutes walk away and Tunbridge Wells with all manner of restaurants and wine bars is just 5 minutes drive.
The Old Parsonage is an ideal location for touring the rolling countryside of Kent and Sussex and for visiting some of the finest castles, country houses and gardens to be found anywhere in Britain.
There are over 20 within a 15 mile radius of the house. These include:
* Hever Castle, former home of the tragic Anne Boleyn
* Penshurst Place, an outstanding example of a 14th century house owned by the Sidney family
* Leeds Castle, Royal residence of six of England's medieval queens and royal palace to Henry VIII
* Chartwell, country home of Sir Winston Churchill
* Knole, Englands great calendar house - 365 rooms, 12 staircases, 7 courtyards
* Batemans, home of the writer, Rudyard Kipling
* Ightham Mote, a medieval moated house bequeathed to the nation by an American millionaire, who first saw and fell in
love with the house on a student cycling holiday
* Bodiam Castle, a 14th century moated medieval castle
* Sissinghurst Castle & gardens, the wonderful 1930s creation of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson
* Scotney Castle Gardens, romantic gardens created around a picturesque 14th century castle ruin
* Sheffield Park Garden, a garden for all seasons laid out by the famous 18th century landscape gardener, Lancelot Capability Brown.
The village of Frant itself is an area of special historic and architectural interest and designated a Conservation Village.
The name 'Frant' originates from the Anglo-Saxon 'Fern-ethe' meaning ferny heath - a fairly open natural space with trees. Situated on a high ridge, the village has wide-ranging views over the surrounding countryside.
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This page was last updated: 28 September 2005
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