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CLAREMONT COUNTRY ESTATE - LUXURY LODGE ACCOMMODATION
NEAR CHRISTCHURCH
A stay at Claremont Country Estate is an experience not to be
missed! Claremont is a very special place, offering luxury lodge
accommodation in some of New Zealand's most spectacular
countryside near Christchurch. As you drive through the gates
into Claremont, you enter a world of beauty, graciousness, comfort
and tranquillity. The heritage limestone homestead is set amongst
glorious landscaped rose gardens, orchards and native and exotic
tree species, surrounded by rolling pastures with rugged mountains
beyond. The atmosphere in the house is warm and friendly and Richard
& Rosie's hospitality will make you feel immediately welcome
and relaxed.
 The
entire heritage homestead with
two guest living rooms, several verandas and its stone-walled
courtyards is for our guests' exclusive use. Each room in the
house, including the guest bedrooms, is elegantly furnished with
antiques, wonderful paintings, richly coloured oriental rugs,
ornaments and objects d'art, beautiful period furniture and luxuriously
textured soft furnishings. There is a sense of stepping into the
grace of a bygone era and yet this lovingly restored home is fitted
with all the modern conveniences to make your stay comfortable
and convenient, including mood lighting, full central heating,
a sophisticated sound system, television, internet access and
direct dial telephones.
Living
Room and Sun Room
A room to relax and unwind in, the living room invites guests
to sink into comfortable arm chairs and sofas set around a period
fireplace and forget the cares of normal day to day life. French
doors lead onto vine covered verandas with views over sweeping
lawns, flower gardens and a mountain peak beyond, framed by magnificent
fir trees. You are invited to share pre-dinner drinks here with
your hosts and other guests
The living room extends into a light and airy sun room that leads
through bi-fold French doors into a stone walled courtyard with
a magnificent walnut tree beyond. The Claremont courtyards provide
a number of small, private spaces where guests can gather and
interact or couples can sit quietly together to enjoy birds singing
and the soothing sound of Claremont's unique boulder fountain.
Casual Living Room
The cosy and casual air of the TV room makes it an ideal space
for evening relaxation. French doors open out onto the verandah
and garden, and overlook the tennis court. This rooms is equipped
with TV, video, DVD, stereo system and lap top computer and contains
a wide range of NZ interest books. Guests also have access to
a well-stocked library from Richard's study. You can sit
quietly listening to music, read, check e-mails, catch up on the
news events of the day or chat with other guests.
Dining Room
The pavilion dining room has a cathedral ceiling with lantern
top. It is double aspect, giving views of the terraced gardens,
natural stone-walled courtyards and boulder fountain through bi-fold
glass doors and windows. The magnificent oak refectory table and
classic ladder-back chairs seat up to ten guests, creating a romantic
setting for Claremont's delicious candle-lit dinners. On
warm summer evenings the wide windows and open doors provide an
outdoor feel. Dinner can also be served "al fresco"
in the courtyard. On cooler evenings guests can enjoy the cosy
warmth from the period fireplace.
Kitchen
The warm and welcoming kitchen is the heart of our luxury boutique
lodge accommodation. Mouth-watering aromas will whet your appetite
for the imaginative and delectable dishes that Rosie and Lucy
create for you. Guest are welcome to drop by and chat as our chefs
go about preparing your meals from the finest and freshest ingredients,
many of which are home grown or local.
Stone-walled Courtyard
Bathed in warm evening sunlight, during the summer, you can unwind
and relax for a pre-dinner "sun downer" in the west-facing
stone-walled courtyard. Here you can watch the magnificent sunsets
and in appropriate weather conditions you may be fortunate enough
to have a grand stand view of Canterbury's famous nor´west
arch cloud formation.
Breakfast Deck
Claremont Country Estate enjoys a Mediterranean climate enabling
breakfast to be served "al fresco" throughout the summer
months. On these fine summer mornings a leisurely and sumptuous
breakfast is served on the east-facing breakfast deck overlooking
the landscaped gardens and tennis court to the mountains beyond.
Claremont Country Estate offers you luxury lodge accommodation
in Canterbury at the foothills of the Southern Alps. Canterbury,
in the South Island of New Zealand, offers beautiful and spectacular
scenery as well as many sight-seeing opportunities and exciting
activities. We are members of the NZ Lodge Association which has
just 25 members throughout New Zealand . To stay in a NZLA member
lodge is to experience the finest accommodation and food in the
most comfortable of surroundings and to enjoy the warm hospitality
and local knowledge of your hosts. |
