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 102 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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A medieval timber-framed building sitting on the church green at Clare, an unspoilt Suffolk market town. This welcoming and comfortable house exudes history.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£888
equivalent to £111.00 per person per night
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Deep in the woods sits this octagonal folly – with a real surprise inside. The ceiling and walls of the main room are festooned with shells, while in the basement is a cold plunge pool.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£960
equivalent to £120.00 per person per night
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The Chapel is a tiny grey granite building in the rural hamlet of Lettaford, a settlement on the edge of Dartmoor that has been lived in since at least 1300.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£740
equivalent to £92.50 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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Listed Grade II*, the dairy was conceived to represent a tiny Italianate chapel topped with a bell tower, and with four corner pavilions.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£1,059
equivalent to £132.38 per person per night
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A fairytale cottage in a wild and beautiful glen, this diminutive former schoolroom makes a perfect hideaway or writing retreat for two, or even one.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£784
equivalent to £98.00 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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We think the Music Room was built in around 1730 as a garden pavilion. The streets of Lancaster grew around it. The Baroque interior alone took 6,000 hours of craft skills to repair.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£600
equivalent to £75.00 per person per night
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The tower was built as a folly in 1821 with a pretty sitting room on the first floor. The third floor was added in 1943 by the Germans as an observation point, with views in every direction.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- No
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£777
equivalent to £97.13 per person per night
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The Summerhouse stands in beautiful woodland on the Shuttleworth Estate. The outstandingly fine brickwork of this foursquare folly is likely to date from the early 18th century.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£1,082
equivalent to £135.25 per person per night
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This beautiful little pavilion has two distinct faces and has a breath-taking panorama. Approached from the wood, this rustic cottage with a thatched roof houses an elegant interior.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£1,104
equivalent to £138.00 per person per night
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A Georgian folly within an outstanding Picturesque garden, the Ruin was built in about 1766. On the edge of a steep wooded gorge, it was one of several buildings scattered across the gardens.
- Dogs Allowed
- No
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£994
equivalent to £124.25 per person per night
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This simple and evocative cottage, from around 1840, was built to serve one of the monumental pumping engines that sprang up as the Steam Age took on the challenge of draining the Fenland.
- Dogs Allowed
- Yes
- Fire or Stove
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- 4 nights
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£784
equivalent to £98.00 per person per night