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Corse Lawn House
Corse Lawn, Gloucestershire
Ducks glide on a pond and guests take tea in front of this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne-style mansion in a hamlet between the Cotswolds and the Mendip hills.
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Ducks glide on a pond and guests take tea in front of this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne-style mansion in a hamlet between the Cotswolds and the Mendip hills. Owned for more than 40 years by Baba Hine, it is traditional, with some of the decor and furnishings a little dated and weathered, but still a 'fine hotel' with plenty of appeal. Guests who have been visiting since 1986 love the 'large comfortable bedrooms, a really useful indoor pool, the tennis court', while first-time visitors were 'very impressed and greatly enjoyed our visit'. Walls are painted in shades of peach; armchairs propose a fireside snooze. 'Bedrooms are large and opulent, with every extra you need' – fresh milk, ground coffee, leaf tea. 'Our room had a fridge, an ottoman, old brown furniture, a good selection of fresh fruit, home-made shortbread.' The bistro and dining room differ only in ambience, with changing menus that might feature pan-seared pigeon breast or field mushroom and stilton gratin. 'The food has remained interesting and enjoyable over the years,' reports our long-term visitor. 'We really want to return,' add the first timers. (Ingle Dawson, Stephen and Pauline Glover, CH, and others)
Hotel Details
Address
Corse Lawn, Gloucestershire, GL19 4LZ, England
Telephone
Bedroom
18. 5 on ground floor.
Openings
all year, Mon and Tues B&B only, by arrangement.
Background Music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed, extra bed £10, 3 suites have sofa beds.
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms (£10 per stay), public rooms, Snug Bar but not restaurant or bistro.
Prices
B&B doubles from £180, singles from £140. Set-price dinner £32.50/£39.50 (2/3 courses), à la carte £50.
Facilities
2 drawing rooms, snug bar, restaurant, bistro, private dining/meeting rooms, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, 12-acre grounds (croquet, tennis, indoor heated swimming pool – not open in winter), EV charging, unsuitable for wheelchair.