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Widbrook Grange
Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire
If the Borrowers opened a hotel, it would probably be something like Nick and Charlotte Dent's Georgian farmhouse, filled with upcycled objets trouvés.
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If the Borrowers were to open a hotel, it would probably be something like Nick and Charlotte Dent's Georgian farmhouse, filled with upcycled objets trouvés. A vintage milk float outside hints at the Grange's past as a model farm while elsewhere, churns, handcarts, seed spreaders and weighing scales have been pressed into service. In your bedroom you might find a dressmaker's form, a trumpet bedside lamp, an ancient dial telephone… The style is fashionably shabby chic in what our inspectors described as an 'informal and characterful hotel', noting that 'maintenance is required on some features'. They include the pool, which 'could have done with a clean' and the basic bathroom, in need of a freshen up. They were impressed, though, by the 'very characterful' bedroom with exposed brick and rustic furniture that was 'thoughtfully decorated' despite having captive coat hangers. In a 'small, cosy dining room', modern English cuisine includes chicken that was 'soft, succulent and tasty'. There is a separate vegan menu, from which the 'mushroom soup was delicious'. 'Puddings not so good.' We hear no such complaints from canine guests about the doggy afternoon tea, the breakfast sausage, the complimentary tennis ball. See also sister hotel Shieldaig Lodge, Gairloch.
Hotel Details
Address
Widbrook, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1UH, England
Telephone
Bedroom
19. 15 in outbuildings, 6 suitable for wheelchair user.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
all day in public rooms.
Children
all ages welcomed, family rooms, children's menu.
Dogs
allowed in certain bedrooms (£15 a night, bowl, bed, sausage for breakfast), public rooms, not restaurant.
Prices
B&B doubles from £60, family from £140. À la carte £55.
Facilities
gin bar, snug, restaurant (vegan menu), conservatory, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, function facilities, 11-acre grounds, 11m indoor heated swimming pool, gym, giant chess, parking, public rooms wheelchair accessible, no adapted toilet.
Location
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