About us
We are a creative couple and love meeting people. We started doing bed and breakfast in Lulworth 30 years ago, in a previous house we built down near the Cove. After a short time away, we returned to Lulworth and spent a couple of years completely revamping and updating Lulworth House before accepting guests again over 10 years ago. We probably know more about the Isle of Purbeck than a lot and love to share our knowledge and advice so guests can make the most of their visit.
Carole is a colourist abstract artist.
John a graphic designer & garden designer.
“We try to be organic and green as we can!”
Carole & John try to be as green as possible in running our home and garden, from growing a lot of our own produce in the allotment garden opposite the house. We pick fresh flowers, fruit & vegetables from the garden when available for our guest rooms and breakfast. We line dry all our laundry when weather conditions permit.
“We enjoy and encourage as much wildlife into the garden as possible!”
Being so lucky to live in such a beautiful & wild place, we have many resident and wildlife visitors to the garden and around. We have many bird feeders to bring a wonderful variety of resident and migratory birds close to the house. We have badgers (who sometimes dig up the lawn overnight outside the bedroom windows!), along with Sika and Roe deer. We have had squirrels, hedgehogs, slow worms, and grass snakes visit us! We are lucky in summer to have giant green bush crickets chirping in the grass, and sometimes, if you’re very lucky, to see glow-worms twinkling in the evening. A couple of minutes’ walk onto Bindon Hill, opposite the house, which is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI) has many rare plants and flowers, including four different orchid types. It is also a unique breeding place for many varieties of unusual butterflies and moths.
“We love meeting people and take great pleasure in helping our guests to make as much out of their holiday as they can!”
Lulworth House has again been selected and inspected by the highly rated Alistair Sawday’s Special Places To Stay 2014-2026 and is included in their collection Special Paces By The Sea!
“We are keen walkers, as is our Golden Retriever Skyla!