This is a really lovely old NZ house from 1880s in Methven. we stayed there to see out Cyclone Gita and it could not have been more comfortable.
Its main clientele is skiers in winter, and it has excellent facilities and is very thoughtfully decorated. We hugely admired the wood burning stove and hypercaust system that fanned warm air into the bedrooms, because it was quite chilly during the cyclone.
The selection of books were appreciated and the old NZ newspapers, redolent of a different world. (Actually, they showed how good newspapers were once upon a time at giving such wide coverage of the local community and wider world. A different league to the international celebrity drivel that passes for being informed these days, let alone witterings in social media. These 1940s / 50s Methven Kiwis would have had quite a good idea of what was going on in the world.)
The place all felt very familiar as it is the same era as our own house in London.
A really nice stay, for which many thanks.