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Best country house hotels in East Anglia
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Congham Hall
King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Renowned for its beautiful gardens, this Georgian merchant's manor house is set in 30 acres of Norfolk parkland. The country theme is continued throughout – garden herbs are used in the restaurant and the spa, bedrooms are named after plants, and cabins with freestanding tubs on the terrace overlook the orchard.
The Farmhouse at Redcoats
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
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With many features dating from the 15th century, this well-restored old farmhouse stands in large, landscaped gardens amid serene countryside. The hotel and restaurant, part of the Nye family's Anglian Country Inns, have intimate sitting areas and warming fires in inglenook fireplaces.
More Best country house hotels in East Anglia
The Dabbling Duck
Great Massingham, Norfolk
They have all their ducks in a row at this wisteria-decked gastropub with rooms overlooking the green in a village where mallards glide on old abbey fishponds.
Dedham Hall
Colchester, Essex
In deepest Constable country, Wendy and Jim Sarton's characterful timber-frame manor house specialises in residential art courses; there is a large studio in the ground for workshops from tutors in various mediums. But even if you're not interested in taking a course, it's a great place for an 'extremely relaxing weekend'.
Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans, Hertfordshire
A favourite hangout of the England football team, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten has contemporary bedrooms, cosseting suites, a good choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a magnificent spa.
The Dial House
Norwich, Norfolk
Wildly exuberant, carefully created bedrooms are themed on the Georgian Grand Tour and Victorian globe trotting at this 18th-century redbrick building, home to an artisan bakery/café as well as a wine bar, pizzeria and hair salon.
Talbooth House & Spa
Dedham, Essex
With quirky, stylish bedrooms, spa, tennis court and outdoor pool, the Milsom family's country house in the heart of Constable country is a perfect place to relax and recharge. Guests have a choice of brasserie-style menus at nearby sister hotel Milsoms, and fine dining at the legendary Talbooth Restaurant, in a Tudor building right by the River Stour.
The Old Hall
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Rebuilt from the ruins of a Jacobean hall once owned by Oliver Cromwell's mother, with views of (and rumoured secret tunnel to) Ely Cathedral, this luxury hotel and events venue on a 3,000-acre arable farm has spacious, traditionally styled bedrooms, charcuterie sharing plates, and à la carte dining.
Strattons
Swaffham, Norfolk
There is 'an air of a chic curiosity shop' about this singular hotel with café/deli, centred on a Palladian-style villa, up a narrow lane, where resident cats sun themselves on the front lawn.
The Pheasant
Kelling, Norfolk
Amid a sprawling estate of woods and parkland, this country-house hotel is a relaxed, unstuffy retreat with classically styled bedrooms, two shepherds' huts with wood burners, and a daily changing menu of estate-grown produce served in the light-filled orangery.
Norfolk Mead
Norwich, Norfolk
A superb base for exploring the surrounding Norfolk Broads, this country-house hotel in a red-brick Georgian building has a private lake and gardens on the River Bure as well as a spa and fine-dining restaurant.
