"There
appears to be little point in travelling if you never really experience
your destination"
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"All those Christmas cards, all those promises".
Deane Lodge enjoys the
benefits of both rural and urban life; The Water Meadows, St
Catherine’s Hill, the Hospital of St Cross, the great English
outdoors on the doorstep. The city is an easy walk through
Winchester College, playing fields and meadows, where good pubs,
restaurants, The Hambledon, Cadogan & Co and vibrant shopping
streets can while away the days.
Our website attempts
to evoke the happy atmosphere of Deane Lodge, so where a glass of
wine or a mug of coffee seem appropriate, they are there. Toys are
left out on the floor, coats, bags, and hats are on the hooks.
Although we really are ‘neat freaks’ we wanted to show you how
comfortable and easy a house this is to inhabit by using
pictures/images that suggest that someone has just ‘got up from the
chair’ and moved to another room. Deane Lodge will be tidy and a bit
frighteningly clean for your arrival, but we do want you to make
yourselves comfortable and at home. With ample space for 10 people
there are 3 double rooms and 2 twin rooms all equipped with real
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Most of us only experience big family house
life through the pages of Enid Blyton or C.S. Lewis. Time poverty,
children of various sizes and ages and the fine balancing of
household budgets can make finding somewhere to stay (where you can
really relax with your friends) difficult.
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At Deane Lodge once we have welcomed
you in (through your own front door) and handed over the keys,
you’re on holiday with your friends, not us. This softly gothic
house looks like the home of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five. The old
wooden gate rattles, closing behind you and this handsome
red-bricked house stretches up, like a well- built old gentleman,
waiting to welcome you in. |
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Push hard on the old doorbell which rings
deep in the heart of the house.
Once inside the warm red hall these
handsome stairs draw you up into this inspiring
home.
Sleeps ten in real beds (3 doubles and 2 twins)
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Halfway down the
stairs is a stair where I sit.
There isn't any other stair quite
like it.
I'm not at the bottom; I'm not at the top.
So this is
the stair where I always
stop.
A.A. Milne |
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This is the family home that you always
wanted to visit; English, quirky and individual.
The
house is a riot of colour and texture; it is about enjoying being at
home in a big English family
house
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Ode to
Autumn
SEASON of mists and mellow
fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing
sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the
vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the
moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the
core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a
sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers
for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For
Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
Written by John
Keats, on the Water Meadows at Winchester
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Sitting at the mahogany desk on the landing
(it is hard to imagine that wireless broadband is available
throughout) the happy atmosphere at Deane Lodge enfolds you like
that of a well-loved book. |
| If you have to work, do it at a
good desk. Broadband usage included. |
I
declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much
sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of
my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent
library.
Jane Austen,
Pride and Prejudice, 1811
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On
the first floor all the rooms are palatial, from the “what was she
thinking of when she decorated this kitchen?...”
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| A great big table (seats all 10), funky
chairs with fat feather cushions, a pew with a denim bolster - sit
here and take a leisurely feast with friends. |
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to the kick-your-shoes-off-and-relax lounge.
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The house may have an evocative
atmosphere of a bygone era but it accommodates the needs of the
21st century family.
An awe-inspiring 55 inch high
definition TV screen with surround sound, plus a great selection of
films and a Sony Playstation (PS3) for savvy online-gamers. |
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| Brushing your teeth with friends and
family |
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... even the bathroom has two sinks!
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| Towels, fab soap and soft
quality toilet rolls provided. |
Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath
Long
about a Saturday night, yeah
Rub-a-dub, just relaxin' in the
tub
Thinkin' everything was alright
Well, I stepped out
the tub, put my feet on the floor,
I wrapped the towel around me
And I opened the door, and then
Splish, Splash! I jumped back
in the bath
Well how was I to know there was a party going on
Bobby Darin
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| Woody and his friends invite you to play
cowboys (twin) |
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Home, home on the
range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is
heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all
day.
Dr. Brewster Higley (1876). |
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| A great Brio train set, a
family heirloom castle with ogres, knights and damsels, the complete
cast of Lord of the Rings and Horrid Henry - of course children are
welcome at Deane Lodge. |
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| The "pink is the navy blue of India"
Diana Vreeland room (5' double
bed) |
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Okay boys, this room is a bit girly with a
dressing table in the window, but sometimes grown up girls need a
holiday. Tea in bed should do the trick. |
| Please note that if your
booking is between 1st December and 6th
of January, you will be sharing your room with ‘The Snowman’, just
ask for details. |
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| Come on in, you know it's
home |
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Deane Lodge is the sort of house where you
can either raid the library (great books) or begin writing
yourself. |
| Toys, games, films, books,
glossies… Bring your own wine and relax. |
'Mid
pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Be it ever so humble,
there's no place like home!
A charm from the skies seems to
hallow us there
Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met
elsewhere.
Home! Home!
Sweet, sweet home!
There's no place
like home
There's no place like home!
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| The Mulberry flag room
(double) |
| There is a real feeling of ‘Upstairs
Downstairs’ about Deane Lodge. Up the steep (but good for you)
stairs, are the servants quarters but don’t feel cheated if this is
where your friends have put you.The attic has two doubles, one twin
and a bathroom. |
| The Other End Of The Flag
Room |
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These utterly charming and relaxing rooms
have a birds-eye view of St Cross (especially from the bathroom
mirror)… |
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Great books... |
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…and they are (or seem to be) both monastic
and romantic at the same time. |
| There is one room that is all bed (mind
your head) but in the morning you wake up overlooking St Catherine’s
Hill, a delight. Just don’t forget the power of tea in
bed. |
| 'Downstairs' |
'Garden' |
'Upstairs'  |
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Nights |
Detail |
Winchester
Deane
Lodge |
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Maximum
occupancy |
10 |
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7
Nights
Friday-Friday
Additional
Night |
Price |
£1985 |
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£283
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Weekend
1
- 2 Nights
Additional
Night |
Price |
£998 |
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£335
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| The pricing of
Fifield’s England probably looks quite strange; there really is only
one rate all year round (yes even in the School Holidays).
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Please note that if your booking is between
1st December and 6th January, you will
be sharing your room with ‘The Snowman’, just ask for details
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