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Mallinson's Woodland Retreat, Thorncombe, Dorset

Photographs by Mallinson's Woodland Retreat, used with permission.

  • RIBA South West Small Project of the Year

Mallinson's Woodland Retreat

Thorncombe, Dorset, England

The only place in Britain to sleep in a RIBA award-winning treehouse.

Why we love it

The only place in Britain where you can sleep in a RIBA award-winning treehouse — and there are three of them. The Woodsman's Treehouse won RIBA South West Small Project of the Year and featured on Grand Designs House of the Year; siblings Dazzle and Pinwheel took their own RIBA awards in 2023. Each is a handcrafted nest for two in ancient West Dorset woodland, with its own wood-fired hot tub, sauna and pizza oven, ten miles from the Jurassic Coast. Book direct.

Best for: once-in-a-lifetime romantic escapes

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