insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 05 - July 2015 | Page 65

getaways Park House LUXURY COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL & SPA NEAR MIDHURST HOTEL Park House is a quintessentially English, awardwinning, family-owned, small, luxury country house hotel and spa set within ten glorious acres in the downland village of Bepton, just a few miles from the historic market town of Midhurst. With a warm and welcoming ‘home-from-home’ environment it provides the ultimate atmosphere and is still owned and run by the O’Brien family. Now in its fourth generation, it is over sixty years since its founders, Ioné & Michael O’Brien, first opened their family home as a hotel in the late 1940s. The hotel has 21 luxury en-suite bedrooms and all have been individually decorated to reflect an English country home. Guests can enjoy a unique range of English country house sports which include two superbly presented traditional grass tennis courts, a large croquet lawn, a bowls lawn, a six-hole par-three golf course, a putting green, an outdoor heated swimming pool and its PH O spa. RESTAURANT The hotel’s restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch, dinner, afternoon tea and light snacks. Fundamental to the dining experience at Park House is that it must be ‘fresh, local and seasonal’. Executive chef, Callum Keir, and his dedicated team are passionately committed to working with locally-based producers and those who value the beautiful surrounding countryside and the produce being locally grown and reared. This ethos translates into a varied and exciting dining experience offering tasty dishes that embrace the family-run, luxury country house hotel idyll that Park House is famed for. LUXURY SPA The hotel also has a luxurious spa called PH 0 and offers a selection of treatments, spa day experiences and memberships. The therapists use VOYA and Kertsin Florian products and treatments and the facilities include a stunning 15-metre indoor swimming pool with marble entry shower, a Jacuzzi, saunas and steam rooms, a superb gym and fitness facilities and four treatment rooms. In the summer months, there is also an outdoor heated swimming pool and sun terraces to enjoy. AWARD-WINNING Park House is the 2015 winner of Conde Nast Johansens’ Luxury Spa Awards in the ‘Best for Couples in the UK, Europe & The Mediterranean’ category, is the winner of the Editor’s Choice Award in The 2015 Good Hotel Guide, has a top 5 Bubble rating from The Good Spa Guide and has been recognised by TripAdvisor with a highly prized 2014 “Certificate of Excellence”. 65 Two tempting summer Spa Days to book this month: Rise & Shine Spa Experience £48pp (9am-1pm, Mon-Fri). Includes coffee and croissant on arrival, a 25-minute express manicure, full use of spa facilities including outdoor heated pool and sandwich lunch at the end. PH₂O Pimm’s O’Clock Spa Experience £95pp, (1.30-6pm, Mon-Fri). Includes single course lunch on arrival with chilled glass of Pimm’s, 25-minute Kerstin Florian facial, 25-minute express manicure or pedicure and full use of the spa facilities including outdoor heated pool. Park House Hotel & PH₂O Spa Pepton, Nr Midhurst GU29 0JB 01730 819020 www.parkhousehotel.com