Gardens like these extend the indoor space so the party can flow inside and out as the mood and the weather dictate. Cook out on the coal barbecue and eat poolside around the long table with the sun glinting on the water. Take a dip when the fancy takes: the outdoor pool is 13 metres of fun heated to 30 degrees and open all year round.
Relax on the grass in the quarter-acre garden, chill by the pool, stare at the stars each evening from the six-seat, fixed hot tub. The Great Outdoors just got greater.
All on one level, with step-free access and spaces, wide doorways, and an adapted bathroom, wheelchair-friendly Primrose Hill is a great option for guests with restricted mobility. It even welcomes two dogs to sniff and sigh their way around the house and garden. So nobody misses out on the action.
The main seating area comes with squishy leather sofas and a pool view. Air-con keeps you cool in summer as you gather around the 50″ wall TV for movie magic on Sky. Or bring your own passwords for streaming on the smart system. Bop around the house with music on the Bose. And upload it all to Insta on the Sky fibre broadband.
Eat around the chunky table in the open-plan kitchen/living area or out on the patio by the pool, with burgers on the coal barbecue and the sun glinting on the water. Stock up the American-style fridge-freezer with deliveries from all major supermarkets. Cook on the range, or throw in the towel, jump in the pool and let our chef take over.
Still feeling lazy? That’s your prerogative: you’re on holiday. So tap open Deliveroo and tuck into takeaways from Pizza Gogo, with fresh dough made daily, or Oldfield’s for fish and chips or cooked chickens. Or try home-cooked Hungarian street food from Goulash, such as grilled organic beef and halloumi fries.
Enjoy classic British menus with a twist at The Cross House in Doynton, such as Cajun-spiced sweet potato and falafel burger, or pan-roast duck breast in white-bean puree. Or try beer-battered haddock, triple-cooked chips, mushy peas and tartar sauce, or veggie and vegan options that even appeal to carnivores at The Holly Bush Inn.
Get stuck into hearty 28 day-aged sirloin at the Rose and Crown or Korean BBQ chicken strips. Go Greek at Opa Meze in Bath, with moussaka and souvlaki with a side of mixed olives. Warm up for Bath’s Theatre Royal with Thai dining in The Giggling Squid. Or make Sundays special with a roast at Hall and Woodhouse.
Primrose House sleeps 17 in three bedrooms imaginatively fitted out with over-bed bunks, so that everyone can come to the party. Scrub up for your big night out in a shower room, a bathtub room and one fully equipped bathroom.
Bedroom one sleeps six in two kingsize beds and two single cabin beds. Bedroom two offers three kingsize and three singles above, sleeping nine. And bedroom three provides a single bunk bed.
