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House rules

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House rules

Rules exist so the house stays a place people want to be. Members are responsible for their guests keeping them too.

A brown leather armchair beside a glass table
Fig. 1 The drawing room

01

Dress

  1. 01

    Smart casual

    In every space except the pool and gym.

    Daily
  2. 02

    Traditional dress

    Always welcome, everywhere.

    Always
  3. 03

    After 6pm

    No sportswear or flip-flops in the Long Room.

    Evenings
  4. 04

    Pool and gym

    Swimwear and sportswear only there, with a cover-up indoors.

    Garden wing

02

Phones and photographs

  1. 01

    Calls

    Only in the phone booths, the garden and your room.

    Booths
  2. 02

    Laptops

    In the library and meeting rooms, not at dinner.

    Library
  3. 03

    Photographs

    Never of other members. Of the house, for yourself, is fine.

    Discretion
  4. 04

    Sound

    Headphones for anything you are listening to.

    Always

03

Guests and children

  1. 01

    Guests

    Up to three a visit, signed in at reception, with you at all times.

    Three
  2. 02

    Children

    In the garden and Long Room until 7pm, and at family events.

    Until 7pm
  3. 03

    Drivers and staff

    Welcome in the drivers’ lounge, with refreshments on the house.

    Lounge
  4. 04

    The bar

    Adults over 18 only. Please drink responsibly and get home safely.

    Over 18

04

Conduct

1

Rule: be good company

0

Business cards handed out at dinner

2

Warnings before the committee steps in

24 h

Hours for the house manager to hear a concern

05

About the rules

Who enforces the rules?

The house manager, kindly, and the committee if needed.

Can rules change?

Members vote on any change at the annual meeting.

Sound like your kind of house?

Apply, and you will be asked to keep these rules too.