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June 18, 2020

Cossington Park Re-opening 4th July

The past few months have felt like a lifetime, with moments of uncertainty and isolation in the face of the Government’s enforced closure of all holiday accommodation, so Cossington Park has been unaccustomedly guest free for a long time. We are now taking bookings for stays from 4th July 2020…

April 23, 2020

Our Rare Chinese Elm Tree – basis of the Cossington Park logo

The Elm Tree was brought back from China by one of Grahams ancestors and has probably been in the Cossington garden for about 200 years. Grahams father used to tell a story that in the early 19th century, Kew Gardens announced that it had acquired the first one…

April 22, 2020

Cossington Park awarded Bronze in the Bristol, Bath & Somerset Awards

Cossington Park took part in the most recent Bristol, Bath & Somerset Awards. The awards got us into the final, where Cossington were delighted to be awarded Bronze in the Self Catering Accommodation of the Year category! We have listed below some of the comments the inspectors left for us:…

March 13, 2020

Cossington Park House -Bedroom Names Explained!

Most bedrooms are named after their unusual brass door knockers, hence for example: ‘Chaucer’, ‘The Pump Room’ and ‘The Cobbler’. ‘The Trusty Servant’ seems particularly appropriate as this was for a time the maid’s room. I like to imagine that two friars once slept in the large twin beds…

November 21, 2019

Christmas Open Evening

Cossington Park opened its doors for the local residents on Tuesday night, complete with mince pies and mulled wine and cider. Many guests entered the house greeted by a warm glass of mulled wine or cider freshly prepared by Anne Baker and a locally sourced mince pie from Burns the…

October 17, 2019

Cossington History – The Clementi Piano

The Cossington piano is a Clementi grand believed to date from 1810-1815. The wonderfully named, and talented, Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (1752 to 1832) was an Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. According to Wikipedia, he was sponsored as a young composer by Sir Peter Beckford who took him…

September 24, 2019

Downton Abbey Somerset Retreat – live like a Lord and Lady!

This week, Cossington Park featured in an article within the Country File Magazine. With Downton Abbey hitting the big screens this month, Country File Magazine listed some Downton Abbey styled retreats across the UK. One such retreat was our own Cossington Park. Located, near Glastonbury in Somerset, England, Cossington Park…

September 9, 2019

Park House & Park Cottage VisitEngland Review 2019!

We are thrilled once again to announce that we have just received an absolutely glowing review from VisitEngland and retained our Four Star Self Catering Gold Award for another year for Park House and Park Cottage. Park Cottage has also retained its Accessibility Award Levels M1 an M2. VisitEngland is…

March 15, 2019

Patter of tiny feet welcome at Cossington Park

Cossington Park opened its gardens up to a local nursery, Cherrytrees Montessori, last week. The youngsters, along with their parents and guardians, spent an enjoyable time completing a treasure hunt organised by Cossington Park under the watchful eye of Cherrytrees Manager, Margaret Dobbs. House Manager, Dave, commented: “It was…

November 12, 2018

Cossington welcomes Erasmus+ students

A group of students and staff from the Netherlands, Spain and Finland have been staying here at Cossington Park whilst they participate in a week’s programme with Bridgwater & Taunton College. The students are participating in an Erasmus+ funded project (short for the European Community Action Scheme for…