Bove Town House has recently won Mendip District Council's Building Excellence Award for the Best Renovation/Alteration to an Existing House and we are now shortlisted for the same award in the South West of England. We are thrilled!
About Your Hosts
Shannon Slater-Dent and Trevor Tredgett are delighted to now own and run this exceptional home-from-home for travellers and seekers from all over the world.
For Shannon, opening Bove Town House marks a milestone after a nomad's life around the globe. Her extensive travels inform her unique style which she brings to this lovingly and carefully restored Georgian Grade II listed building, which has recently been honoured with an award from Mendip District Council as the Best Renovation for 2014.
As a graduate of the Leith School of Food and Wine, Shannon has cooked professionally and taught cookery. She's also a writer and energy healer and both she and Trevor give regular Solfeggio-tuned crystal bowl sessions in Glastonbury, both privately and for the public.
Trevor has over 27 years experience across a number of modalities which include hypnotherapy, counselling, spiritual healing, body work and crystal healing. Trevor is also trained in Body Harmony and more recently has incorporated sound and voice analysis into his work. This has resulted in the development of a unique subtle touch therapy which clients now benefit from. See the 'Testimonials' section for further information.
Trevor has
also trained others both in counselling and body work, and will be
developing workshops to teach his own unique form of healing from
Bove Town House in the near future.
Retreats and workshops
You can hire the whole house, subject to availability, for your retreat or workshop. We can sleep up to 10 based on people sharing.
As part of the package you would also be able to take advantage of our light and peaceful workshop space (shown above), therapy room and media room.
We can also arrange catering for large
groups taking over our entire facilities.
Contact us for details and to talk through what you
need to make your workshop a success.
Self-catering
We'll leave a starter pack of tea/coffee/sugar/milk in your apartment for you, but you'll want to stock up.
There are several food
shops and supermarkets in the town, an organic wholefood
supermarket only 200 yards away on the High Street and an
award-winning bakery.
Don't want to cook?
Then try any of the several cafes in Glastonbury that offer
interesting and well-priced breakfasts. There are two Chinese
takeaways and an Indian restaurant/takeaway close by, and a number
of restaurants and pubs that serve food in the
evenings.
History on the Doorstep...
Bove Town House sits
above the town centre where visitors can look out over all the key
landmarks in this historic town - the Tor, Glastonbury Abbey and
Wearyall Hill, where according to ancient legend, Joseph of
Arimathea planted his staff in the ground which took root and grew
into the famous Holy Thorn. The story of Joseph of Arimathea
is soon to be a major Hollywood motion picture 'Glastonbury: Isle
of Light' to be released in late 2015. We even have a cutting of
the original Glastonbury Thorn in our
garden.
Click on the following link for a brief video clip of Glastonbury Ancient Isle of Avalon Movie Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcITk7T2aiw
The house itself is a hotchpotch of eras, but is listed for its Georgian features. We believe the house dates from the early 1700s, but it has been extensively modified over the centuries. Its principal remodelling dates from the Georgian era when a Georgian facade and portico entrance were added.
When the previous owners sold off part of the gardens and tennis court of Bove Town House for redevelopment, archaeologists were called in to excavate the grounds. They found the remains of a Saxon nobleman/knight's round house. They also found a gold ducat in the settlement's midden/cess pit - apparently the only ducat of its kind ever found in England - which had been minted to finance the Second Crusade (1144-1150). So a Knight of Glastonbury once owned our land. Was he part of the Arthurian legend? Who knows.
The archaeologists also told us that there had been a settlement on the land as early as 1000BC. In the garden we unearthed many pieces of ornamental and carved stonework transported over the centuries from the Abbey, which we have incorporated in a patchwork boundary wall.
