November News

Hedges being cut, autumn bonfires, Nigel and Baz have been hard at work. The new garden gates are wonderful (thank you Clem) and the new turf in the Priory garden looks good enough to eat. Kimmy, our head housekeeper hasn’t stopped changing sheets, dusting and polishing, she deserves a medal (and a holiday on a sun lounger) along with her mother Tracey and Babs. Emma has been in Turkey and Daniela has been holding the fort in our swanky new office (or at least we think so) in the old billard room. We’ve been back to back with house lets and weddings so looking forward to a slightly quieter November to get the “to do list” done. 

Keeper’s Cottage

We are very excited to be offering Gatekeeper’s Cottage, next to the Priory, for up to six guests from December onwards.

Once the old stables, the Cottage was converted in the 19th century to a summerhouse for the Priory. It is small but charming: painted floors, creams and whites, and a private garden.  It consists of two double bedroom and two ensuite bathrooms upstairs. A good-sized kitchen with a scrubbed farmhouse table for six, door leads on to the south-facing garden. Sitting room with a comfy sofa bed.  There’s also a small swimming pool (or more of a plunge pool) and a studio in the garden with a double bed and bathroom. The studio won’t be ready until early spring. Weddings and brides next year will get first pick, but contact us for availability, low season and mid-week. Look at our website for more photographs and information.

Aldeburgh Documentary Festival is on 12-14 November at the Aldeburgh cinema – always a dazzling and fascinating array of documentaries, some getting their first showing, and usually introduced by the teams who made them. Look out for ‘Writing with Fire’ the story of Khabar Lahariya, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women – the untouchables.  ‘An evening of the Beatles’ with Craig Brown, and ‘The Truffle Hunters’, set in the forests of Piedmont in Italy; old men with their beloved dogs searching for the elusive and priceless white Alba truffle.  Book tickets at www.aldeburghcinema.co.uk