The Mount Somerset-Member of Von Essen Hotels a private collection of individual country houses in the UK, Scotland and France -Voted the Most Excellent Country Hotel category at the Conde Nast Johansens 2006 Annual Awards for Excellence. An elegant Regency country house, cradled by both the Quantocks and the Blackdown Hills, the Mount Somerset is the Most Excellent Country Hotel in th U.K, noted for its elegance and warmth. It has the warm, inviting feel of a delightful, private country house and, having only 11 bedrooms, gives you the feeling you are staying with friends. High ceilings, large windows and a fabulous, sweeping, circular staircase create a sense of spaciousness and elegance. Real log fires, abundant scatter cushions and antique pictures and ornaments add extra warmth and colour. Most people, however, come to The Mount Somerset Not to do but simply to be.