Spend August bank holiday in historic buildings
A long weekend break for the soul. Enjoy spending time with family at grand country houses like Goddards or Cavendish Hall. Have a seaside sojourn in some of our cottages on the Cornish coast or in the fortified Martello Tower on the beach at Aldeburgh. Gaze across the Solent seascape at Luttrell's Tower, enjoy balmy nights in one of our countryside Landmarks, or paddle along the spectacular bay at Saddell.
Over 100 of our buildings are dog-friendly, so you don't have to leave your best friend behind. Click the "Dogs allowed?" checkbox near the top of the page to filter all of our dog-friendly summer holidays.
We have 13 Landmarks for you...
4 nights
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Standing guard over Tewkesbury Abbey, this grand building of about 1500 provides a captivating base from which to explore the interesting town of Tewkesbury, the Cotswolds and Cheltenham.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£799
equivalent to £99.88 per person per night
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This very clever scale model of a French chateau sits on a hill above the River Trent in the middle of the Lincolnshire countryside.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£907
equivalent to £113.38 per person per night
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Houghton West Lodge is one of four houses that guard the approaches to Houghton Hall, one of England’s finest Palladian houses and once home to Britain's first Prime Minister.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£794
equivalent to £99.25 per person per night
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A fine, two-storey Jacobean porch salvaged from a great house once beloved of the poet and playwright John Dryden but now lost.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£860
equivalent to £107.50 per person per night
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This tiny pavilion was a majestic grandstand for the enclosure in front. It is a mature expression in miniature of all that was best in Tudor and Jacobean architecture.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£809
equivalent to £101.13 per person per night
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Canons Ashby is a 16th century house, hardly touched since 1710. Our Landmark is at the top of a tower, and its light and pretty rooms have views of the beautifully restored gardens.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£769
equivalent to £96.13 per person per night
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Originally a geological shop and museum, the Egyptian House in Penzance is a rare survivor of Egyptian-style architecture. This first floor apartment is one of three.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 3
- 4 nights
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£632
equivalent to £52.67 per person per night
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Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 4
- 4 nights
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£785
equivalent to £49.06 per person per night
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Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 4
- 4 nights
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£785
equivalent to £49.06 per person per night
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Plas Uchaf is a substantial hall-house built in about 1400 and situated in the Dee valley, an area filled with scenery, wildlife and history. Few houses of this age survive in Wales.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 4
- 4 nights
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£1,048
equivalent to £65.50 per person per night
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From the time the Priest’s House was built around 1500, it played a central part in community life as both a village hall and local inn, hosting visitors and village feasts on saints’ days.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 5
- 4 nights
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£996
equivalent to £49.80 per person per night
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Once home to a prominent Florentine family, this apartment is better known for being the home of poets Elizabeth and Robert Browning. It is located on a quiet street close to central Florence.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 2 +4
- 4 nights
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£985
equivalent to £41.04 per person per night
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This spacious building is typical of the speculative housing for French silk weavers and wealthy merchants that sprang up in Spitalfields in the eighteenth century.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 6
- 4 nights
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£1,687
equivalent to £70.29 per person per night