THE SPA AT THE NEW TIN SOMERSET

Designer Karen Roos worked with Mike Tyler of Simon Morray-Jones Architects in Bath on the conversion of the existing

“barton” – a traditional cattle stable dating back to the 18th and 19th century – into The Newt in Somerset’s gorgeous new spa. The aim throughout, says Karen, was to bring the outside in. “Given the Somerset weather, which changes every 20 minutes, we needed to be indoors while enjoying the airy feeling of outside,” she says. Massive double-glazed sheets of glass were used to fill in gateways, and stone and wood were sourced from local suppliers. Textures are “quite rustic”, says Karen, and the mood is calm and sensual, with the exquisite hammam (pictured opposite) sporting a ceiling of aqua Bisazza mosaic tiles “to suggest sky”. The spa also has a herbal healing garden attached to it, in which guests can pick herbs to be used in their treatments. Our favourite touch? The sauna’s double-glazed glass wall (above, centre left), which, as Karen

suggests, really does bring the garden and adjacent forest right into the space. thenewtinsomerset.com