Howard's House Hotel

About

Howard’s House is an independently owned and run country house hotel nestled in the heart of an idyllic Wiltshire village, offering fine food, an inspired cellar and above all, a warm country welcome. The hotel has nine comfortable ensuite bedrooms, a restaurant, living room and a luxury private functions facility (newly created in 2016). 

The property’s original ‘Coach House’ has been reinvented to create the perfect space for private events, from dinner parties to business events. Whatever your occasion, the Coach House provides the perfect setting.

Howard’s House overlooks green fields and a gin-clear chalk stream, and rests in two acres of beautiful private gardens. These quintessentially English country gardens provide a true showcase for the seasons, carefully cultivated by the garden team to present an artist’s palette of colours, flowers and foliage during every month of the year. 
Strolling about these secret gardens, guests will find them to be as traditional, restful and unique as the hotel itself. 

The country garden is peppered with traditional, romantic features including an original stone amphitheatre, a melodic fountain trickling into a fish pond, and several pretty bowers and gazebos, perfect for an evening drink or a private moment. Guests may also enjoy a stroll around the hotel’s impressive kitchen gardens, which boast an exceptional array of homegrown produce, and an attractive collection of free-ranging Legbar and Leghorn chickens.

The large garden terrace surrounds the trickling fountain, and here guests can take in breakfast with the newspapers, a leisurely al fresco lunch, afternoon teas or a candlelit dinner, overlooking the croquet lawn and fields beyond. A smaller, ‘private terrace’ holds one table and is perfect for an intimate meal or private meeting overlooking the gardens and church spire.

The traditional potager garden at Howard’s House Hotel in Teffont Evias has yielded a wealth of seasonal fruit and vegetables for over twenty years, so when the kitchen team say their food is fresh, local and seasonal, they really mean it.  

Head chef Andy Britton works closely with the garden team to nurture an impressive variety of produce. Expect all the traditional veg (including six varieties of carrot!) along with some lesser known garden delights such as kohl rabi, cucamelons and purple tomatillos. 

Also on the menu are blue or white shelled eggs, freshly laid by the hotel’s own free-ranging chickens. These unusually pretty eggs are also available for guests to take home (£2 for a box of six).

Each morning, chefs handpick the finest herbs, vegetables and fruit for the day ahead. Diners can enjoy a veritable feast of freshly picked produce with their locally-sourced meat, game, fish or seafood, while vegetarians will be tempted by dishes such as wild local mushroom tagliatelle with garden chard and toasted pine nuts, or sage and grain mustard gnocchi with roasted beets and heritage carrots.

Head chef Andy firmly believes in a “field to fork” philosophy; eating as nature intended. Experience a tasting menu created personally for you by Andy in the hotel’s popular ‘Gourmet Getaway’ package, while Howard’s House also offer lively ‘Foraging Days’ and a new ‘Explore the Seasons’ experience, which includes a gardening masterclass, culinary workshop and seasonal lunch. (See website for details).

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Afternoon teas are available by prior booking – look out for 

Known for their peaceful, romantic setting, excellent food and warm country hospitality, ‘Nothing is too much trouble’ at Howard’s House.