Previously a boutique resort, Chester’s white-painted Edgar Home is among the metropolis’s most iconic residences. In the present day this Georgian property serves as a luxurious vacation residence that may sleep as much as 16 folks in luxurious consolation while overlooking the River Dee. Bought by entrepreneur Mark Ellis in 2021, it’s the first in a collection of high-end properties that make up Daisy Pleasure Escapes, with vacation properties in Anglesey and Cumbria to comply with quickly.
The welcome
We got a heat, in-person greeting – a rarity for self-catering lodging the place these days it’s generally self-access through a key obtained from a safety field – by Caroline, the home supervisor, who kindly gave us a brief tour of the property and defined how varied issues labored. Welcome folders inside Edgar Home present further info to benefit from your vacation and Caroline assured us she was solely a name away if we wanted something.
The property
The primary entrance to Edgar Home takes you into the highest ground of this property that sleeps as much as 16 folks. On this ground alone, there are 5 generously-proportioned bedrooms, all en suite, and every with their very own character. The Horse Room (Bed room 1), with its delicate horse-print wallpaper, and The Zoo Room (Bed room 2), with its barely bolder animal print partitions, every draw on two of Chester’s most well-known sights and have balconies with views of the town wall and River Dee under.
The Aubergine Room (Bed room 3) with its hanging aubergine curtains and couch, The Blue Room (Bed room 4) and The Copper Suite (Bed room 5), with its personal dwelling house and attention-grabbing copper tub set towards uncovered brickwork, are the remaining rooms on this ground.
The primary communal dwelling house is on the ground under the place a comfortable leads on to 2 additional en suite bedrooms, and an open plan eating room, lounge and kitchen (and larder / utility room simply off it).
The comfortable and library gives a homely vibe with interiors that mix custom with daring designs, enjoyable paintings and fashionable comforts.
The Roman Room (Bed room 6) has a king-sized mattress and headboard set towards a function wall with wallpaper depicting the heads of Roman emperors with mirrored bedside tables and daring lampshades both aspect. Photos of Roman urns on the partitions and an vintage mirror depicting a Roman goddess, mixed with emerald tones, a settee and dressing desk, full the look.
The Gray Groom (Bed room 7), as its identify implies, has gray tones, some comfy chairs and a hearth.
Every of those bedrooms has its personal terrace that leads instantly out to the grounds on the rear.
In addition to being en suite, all bedrooms have their very own TVs, full size mirrors, hanging house, safes, ironing amenities and hair dryers. They’ll additionally all be configured as both double or twin rooms.
The loos all through the property are completely different however all spacious and opulent, many with baths and all with rainfall showers. Handwash provided is from Bramley, a small British enterprise passionate concerning the countryside, nature and the setting. All their merchandise are vegan pleasant, include 100% pure botanicals with no nasty chemical compounds or synthetic colors.
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The rest of the center ground is made up of a giant open plan dwelling house, flanked by the kitchen and eating room on both aspect.
A beneficiant kitchen island takes centre stage within the kitchen, on prime of which is an induction hob. A number of ovens, fridges, freezers and dishwashers imply that catering for a big gathering will not be an issue. In actual fact, one of many companies which might be organized through the home’s concierge service is knowledgeable chef to arrange menus on your gathering, right here ‘at residence’. Along with all of the devices you would possibly anticipate, there’s additionally a Nespresso espresso machine and milk frother.
A phone field that homes a Husky fridge and shevling for a number of Champagne flutes and ice buckets serves as a reminder that this particular home serves as the proper venue for a celebration.
The eating space is flooded with a lot of pure mild that comes by means of the grand Georgian home windows and gives the proper setting for household and associates to dine collectively.
Within the basement of the property is a treasure trove of extras that features a residence cinema with encompass sound and the neon-lit phrases ‘Film Time’ on one wall.
There’s additionally a video games room, with a function wall by an area graffiti artist depicting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the phrases ‘Cool Britannia’, providing a enjoyable house to take pleasure in desk soccer, air hockey and darts, in addition to having a “jukebox” that may be related to your cellphone through Bluetooth.
Exterior, towards the fixed background soothing sound of the weir under, there are grassy and flagged areas by which to loosen up. An al freso eating space for 16, in addition to some comfy wicker loungers, every with massive parasols, present some great outside social areas.
There’s a backyard shed for bike storage and for the protected storage of backyard furnishings within the occasion of moist climate. Edgar Home can be canine pleasant and in utterly enclosed grounds, and positively met with the approval of our much-loved Springer spaniel, George.
Location
The rear grounds of Edgar Home lead instantly on to a stretch of Chester Metropolis Partitions that runs alongside the River Dee.
You actually couldn’t ask for a greater location inside Chester, very near the Roman gardens, amphitheatre, Chester Fort and the ChesterBoat moorings, and with the complete metropolis centre’s bars, eating places, cafés and outlets inside straightforward strolling distance.
Our plan had been to go to an Autumn assembly of Chester Races, additionally close by, however sadly this needed to be cancelled out of respect for the current passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Chester is a outstanding racecourse, nonetheless, and has held conferences since 1539 that means that it’s formally recognised (by Guinness World Information) because the world’s oldest energetic racecourse.
Nicknamed ‘The Roadee’, this flat course is a really tight circuit, roughly one mile spherical, sandwiched by the River Dee, the town partitions and a railway viaduct. It has turn into the main focus of the British racing world in addition to the Cheshire social scene, internet hosting historic races such because the Chester Cup, the Chester Vase, the Ormonde Stakes, the Cheshire Oaks and the Dee Stakes.
Different good touches
We have been celebrating a household birthday and Caroline had very kindly baked a chocolate cake to mark the event; with it have been two bottles of English fizz (Gusbourne Brut Reserve) and a birthday card.
Additionally offered have been tea, espresso, bread, milk, butter, farm-pressed apple juice, Bournes clothbound Cheshire cheese and handmade apple chutney from the Cheshire Chutney Co., and the cabinets have been already stocked with varied oils, vinegars, herbs and condiments. Magazines within the rooms and dwelling house included Wallpaper*, Vogue, Tatler, Condé Nast Traveller and Nice British Meals, along with different studying materials, board video games and extra.
Value
Quick breaks (from Monday to Friday or Friday to Monday) begin from £3,500.
The most effective bit
The most effective bit about Edgar Home is that it’s the proper property for a multi-generational household gathering, be it a birthday celebration, a marriage get together or another big day. Fantastically appointed, and with subtle lodging and loads of outside house, plus a video games room and cinema, and Chester in straightforward attain, means there’s actually one thing for everybody.
The ultimate verdict
This metropolis bolthole is the perfect setting for a memorable getaway with household and associates. There’s a lot to do on the doorstep, but the property itself is so gorgeous – and completed to such a excessive customary – that you just’ll not need to go away.
Disclosure: Our keep was sponsored by Edgar Home.
