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Fielding

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Fielding is one of our large deluxe doubles and features a king-size bed, additional sofa and armchairs.

Fielding features:
• a sparkling bathroom with high-pressure shower •
• tea/coffee maker • hair-dryer • mini-fridge • safe •
• free wireless broadband internet access •
• digital TV with Freeview plus over 100 foreign channels • direct-dial telephone •




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Fielding has "zip-and-link" beds. The mattresses can be linked with a zip, so that the bed can used either as a king-size or two single beds.
Bed size (as king-size) (approx: 180 x 200 cm/6' x 6'6")
Bed size (as two singles) (approx: 90 x 200 cm/3' x 6'6")

We use duvets on our beds. If you prefer blankets, please let us know before arrival.


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Tariffs

Room rate per night for two

£85

Room rate per night for single occupancy

£65

One-night stays on Friday and Saturday nights only

£100


Special midweek offers

Our summer¹ offer:

Stay 5 nights for £340.00
Stay 4 nights for £297.50
Stay 3 nights for £233.75

Our spring²/autumn³ offers:

Stay 4 nights for £255.00
Stay 3 nights for £212.50

Our winter4 offer:

Stay 3 nights for £170.00
Stay 2 nights for £127.50

All offers exclude Saturdays, Bank Holidays and the Easter and Christmas/New Year period.

¹Applies 1 May – 30 August
²Applies 11 February – 30 April
³Applies 1 September – 31 October
4Applies 1 November – 10 February


Henry Fielding

henry fielding(1707 – 1754) was one of the greatest novelists and dramatists in the English language. His greatest work was Tom Jones (1749), a picaresque novel telling the convoluted and hilarious tale of how a foundling came into a fortune.

Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners.

He lived for some time at Twerton (now part of Bath) where he is believed to have written part of Tom Jones. The house, long known as “Fielding’s Lodge”, was destroyed in the 20th century to make room for “improvements”.

His sister Sarah was also a novelist and lived at Widcombe Lodge in the village of Widcombe, now part of Bath, a short walking distance from the centre of the city, and well worth a visit. A bronze tablet unveiled by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in June 1906 records the fact that Sarah and Henry Fielding stayed there.

Fielding often stayed with his sister, and was frequently a guest at Prior Park, Ralph Allen’s stately mansion nearby. Ralph Allen later formed the basis of Squire Allworthy in Tom Jones. After Fielding's death, Allen provided for the education and support of Fielding’s children.