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How was your visit to Cossington Park?

How was your visit to Cossington Park?

Owner of Cossington Park, Graham Wason, is a founder-director of the Professional Association of Self Caterers (PASC) and invites you to take part in a survey about visits to self-catering accommodation. You might win a £200 Amazon voucher by taking part. PASC, together with the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC),…
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Re-opening 4th July

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…
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Cossington Park House -Bedroom Names Explained!

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…
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Christmas Open Evening

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…
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Cossington History - The Clementi Piano

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…
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Downton Abbey Somerset Retreat - live like a Lord and Lady!

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…
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Patter of tiny feet welcome at Cossington Park

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…
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Cossington welcomes Erasmus+ students

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…
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