big country houses to rent for a weekend

[vic891]

always go away for a weekend once a year with a group of friends (currently 10 adults plus 7 kids) and getting fed up with ridiculous cost of using hotels. an albeit posh one this year must have set us back £6k as a group. would prefer to hire out a small hotel/large house and get a chef and maid in. would need at least 15 rooms and be within an hour and a half's drive of London. any ideas??

You need \link{http://www.thebigdomain.com/\The Big Domain}

\link{http://www.cottages4you.co.uk/uce/c4y?view=details&action=readDetails&cottageId=407782&holidayPark=N&sleeps=20&propertyTypeId=&complexId=\South Norfolk} any use? £2500 for a weekend for up to 20 (£3500 for up to 30, using an extra building) all year round.

\link{http://www.cottages4you.co.uk/uce/c4y?lang=en&view=details&action=referenceSearch&select=26&cottageRef=pu7&go.x=25&go.y=8\Wiltshire} - this is gorgeous, sleeps up to 16 not counting under-2s. Weekends already booked all year round but you could have 4 nights Mon-Fri if everybody could manage to book the same days off (tall order I know ).

WWW- that website is fab!!