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Dorset Country Hotel in Thomas Hardy Country

Plumber Manor defines ‘Dorset country hotels’; a country house that’s also a hotel, owned and managed by true country people.

Plumber was built by Charles Brune in the early 17th century and has remained a family home of the Prideaux-Brunes ever since.

The hotel is very much run as a family affair, with Richard the ultimate host. The friendly front of house of team make all of our guests feel genuinely welcome, and Head Chef Louis knows exactly how to look after you.

“Very happy visit, company and food, and the garden is gorgeous.”

(Guest Book)

The dining rooms and the bar all have open fires in the winter providing a warm welcome for our guests.

There’s an enormous old sofa in the gallery that is, guests claim enthusiastically, the most uncomfortable thing they’ve ever sat on, but it’s so irresistibly vast and it’s part of the family! It is, however, the only discomfort Plumber has to offer.

Richard Prideaux-Brune comments, ‘Plumber Manor has been in my family since the 17th century and we have run it as a country house hotel for over fifty years. It is a comfortable Jacobean manor house built of local stone and situated in the heart of Thomas Hardy’s ‘vale of little dairies. Plumber is very much a family home, set amidst beautiful gardens, and where we’re always pleased to see you. We love it here and we hope you will too.

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If you would like to consider exclusive use of Plumber Manor, please either complete the enquiry form or call us on 01258 472507.