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The Albion
Cardigan, Cardiganshire
Occupying two waterfront former warehouses, part of the town's maritime heritage, this new hotel has bedrooms modelled on captains' cabins and lined with reclaimed timbers.
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The latest endeavour by James Lynch, founder (with his wife, Sian Tucker) of the hip, sustainable fforest farm retreat, this maritime-themed hotel is set across two Grade II listed warehouses on the Teifi estuary waterfront. Named after the brig that set sail from here in 1819 to establish a settlement in New Brunswick, it has 12 bedrooms on the second, third and top floors (no lift). Designed by Lynch, they are so convincingly styled on a captain’s cabin that you could fancy you hear the creak of the masts above. Small casement windows are set deep in stone walls lined with reclaimed wood; floors are made of oak. All have custom-built furniture, Melin Teifi wool blankets, bespoke textiles, Aesop toiletries. You can have coffee and cake or get three sheets to the wind on craft beers and artisan cocktails in the ground-floor bar and café. A smorgasbord-style breakfast of charcuterie, cheese, smoked fish, eggs, rye bread, granola, yoghurts and fruit is served in the residents’ lounge. Cross the bridge for woodfired pizzas at sister venture Pizzatipi.
Hotel Details
Address
Fforest Bridge Warehouse, Aberteifi, Cardigan, Cardiganshire, SA43 3AA, Wales
Telephone
01239 615513
Bedroom
12.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
yes, 'dependent on time of day'.
Children
over 16s welcomed overnight, must have own room, no under-16s in bar after 7pm.
Dogs
allowed only in ground-floor bar area.
Prices
B&B doubles from £165.
Facilities
bar/café, residents' lounge, restaurant for private event hire, no in-room TVs, parking, unsuitable for wheelchair, limited private parking for overnight guests (first come, first served). Sister venture Pizzatipi restaurant is across the river (card payments only).
