Wilderness Reserve, in Suffolk, gives lie to the idea that a countryside escape necessarily requires involve a lot of chintz or doilies. Comprising of a series of separate lodgings centred around the 5,000 acre estate of Sibton Park’s Georgian manor house, the fully serviced rentals recently added two properties to the collection.
Set within a restored Victorian walled garden, both buildings were originally bothies – small dwellings that, traditionally, provided living accommodation for single gardeners or other workers on the estate. They have since been restored and expanded by the Reserve’s in-house designers to form bucolic retreats for weekend strikes or longer getaways.
The main Walled Garden residence – dressed in broad planked timber floors, plush bedding and reassuringly hefty stone – contains eight en-suite bedrooms and is anchored by a literal kitchen garden, alongside three glass glasshouses, which comprise kitchen, and cinema and games rooms. The adjacent red-bricked Victorian-era Garden Cottage adds four bedrooms, which are also dressed with a similarly mod-country bent.
In winter, a thatched cottage on the grounds containing sauna and hot tub keeps guests suitably toasty, and in summer, there’s something to be said for a few languid laps in the pool, or a gentle whack on the tennis court.
INFORMATION
Website (opens in new tab)
ADDRESS
Wilderness Reserve
Yoxford Rd, Sibton, Suffolk
VIEW GOOGLE MAPS (opens in new tab)
-
Karimoku Commons Kyoto offers an intimate, home-like experienceKarimoku Furniture Inc opens its first Karimoku Commons location in Kyoto, in a former wooden machiya townhouse that offers an intimate experience of the brand
-
Venice Biennale 2024: a guide to the artists announced so far
Keep up-to-date with our ongoing list of who’s representing who at the Venice Biennale 2024 – here's what we know so far
-
New Nike book is an inspirational handbook for the next generation of creatives and athletes
New Nike book, ‘After all, there is No Finish Line’, features eye-catching black-and-white imagery and speculative fiction and essays that ponder design, innovation and sport
-
Cosiest London cocktail bars for this frosty winter season
The best London cocktail bars for winter, from a fairy-lit terrace in Fitzrovia to snug surrounds in Covent Garden
-
Villa One at the One & Only Palmilla — Los Cabos, Mexico
-
Notting Hill’s Sister Jane Townhouse is a theatre of whimsy
Sella Concept devise an eccentric, multi-experiential home for fashion brand, Sister Jane
-
Holmes Hotel carves out its own corner on London’s Chiltern Street — London, UK
-
Aparthotels: the new breed of accommodation offering the best of both worlds
Aparthotels are big business. We take a look at Native, the design-led brand with big plans
-
Martim — Wroclaw, Poland
-
Tattersalls Hotel — Armidale, Australia
-
KLoé Hotel — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
