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The name refers to the River Brue, which flowed dramatically fast through this hill country, and often flooded the town. In medieval times Bruton Abbey was one of the great religious houses of Somerset, and the town owes its success to that. While the skyline of Glastonbury is dominated by the Tor , Bruton has its famous dovecote.
As well as all the local artistic ventures, it now boasts the exciting new Hauser and Wirth gallery, ingeniously installed in a restored farm just outside the town, with constantly changing exhibitions. These, together with the narrow, closely built streets, give this tiny town a collegiate flavour. Here you will find all that you need to know about booking your meeting, conference or exhibition, whilst receiving first class service along the w By Tabitha Joyce.
Matt Watson is one of the handful of early adopters that defined the Bruton scene. He turned the ground floor of his cottage into the tiniest restaurant imaginable eight years ago, and all of Somerset has been clamouring to get in ever since. Paris-based architect Luis Laplace has exposed the years on all three floors, distressing and preserving layers of 19th- and 20th-century paintwork, which now collides playfully with flagstones, original fireplaces, old floorboards and gothic stone-mullion windows.
The attic is the best room in the house. Somerset Bramble cocktails, wood-fired sourdough pizzas, and a healthy but never worthy Mediterranean menu are the main draw, as well as its eight upstairs bedrooms. However, regulars know there is more here than meets the eye. A jasmine-fringed terrace sheltered enough to sit out on even now, flaky croissants from the bakery and proper food for children.
The Clubroom beneath the restaurant occasionally gets reassigned as a supper club, so that when a talk by the likes of biographer Victoria Glendinning concludes, the discussion can continue over dinner and a bottle of single-estate wine. You have been warned. Dangerously tempting, pared-back Nordic-chic is the look at Caro, an elegantly laid out store showcasing carefully sourced ceramic, wood and glass homeware by brands such as Hay from Denmark, along with British clothing label Sideline.
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