The plan is the brainchild of Hadspen House’s new owner - a South African businessman who has created ‘Babylonstoren’ in his home country.
Babylonstoren is a Cape Dutch farm estate now converted into a hotel, spa, restaurant and winery.
Hadspen House is located near Castle Cary in south Somerset. It is a 17th century Grade-II listed mansion and estate. Plans would see the house and estate restored and transformed into a hotel with between 30 to 35 bedrooms, a spa and a visitor centre.
The hotel would also include an 80-cover restaurant using fresh produce from the estate’s kitchen garden, a café, pool, farm shop and cider mill.
A planning application has been submitted to Somerset South District Council. If everything goes to plan, then the Hadspen House project is expected to be taking its first guests during 2019.