Cowley Manor
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From Travel + Leisure, Jun 2003
“The ban on old things at Cowley—which has 30 guest rooms and is 12 miles from Cirencester, the capital of the Cotswolds—seems heartless to some because Cowley itself is old and pedigreed: Georgian mirrors and William Kent consoles might have been a no-brainer, they argue, but appropriate. Inspired by Rome's Villa Borghese and begun in the 1850's, the building is largely the work of George Somers Clarke, a student of Sir Charles Barry, who built the Houses of Parliament in...” MORE>>
From Food & Wine, May 2003
“This Georgian Gloucestershire pile may look like Brideshead from its 55-acre grounds, but inside, the spirit of irreverent fun is everywhere....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Dec 2002
“There's a new breed of British country-house hotel, and the latest is Cowley Manor, a ravishing Italianate mansion in the Cotswolds. Owner Jessica Sainsbury, a scion of the English supermarket family, fell in love with the circa-1850 building and transformed its warren of 53 rooms into 30 rather minimalist suites, with Egyptian cotton sheets and Nakamichi stereos. Using stylish materials such as slate, limestone, and blond wood and installing a stunning spa with two pools, Sainsbury has created a getaway...” MORE>>
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