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LANGAR LAVENHAM

Langar Hall The owner of this idiosyncratic Great House This very English building
family-home-turned-hotel, Imogen Skirving, has (15th-century, with a Georgian façade) has a
an eye for beautiful things and a taste for fun. French accent, brought to it by its owners, Régis
Her apricot-coloured house in the Vale of Belvoir and Martine Crépy, and their largely French staff.
has a homely yet uplifting atmosphere. The rather The raison d’être is the often very busy
grand restaurant is adorned with classsical statues; restaurant, but the rooms are restful and smart,
the bedrooms are highly individual. with surprisingly luxurious marble bathrooms.
N Langar, Nottinghamshire NG13 9HG. Map p75 E2. N Market Place, Lavenham, Suffolk CO10 9QZ.
§ (01949) 860559. ` (01949) 861045. Map p75 F3. § (01787) 247431. ` (01787) 248007.
$ langarhall-hotel@ndirect.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 11. $ info@greathouse.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 5. ∂
∂ ¢ Never. / MC, V. ]]] ¢ Jan. / AE, MC, V. ]]
LAVENHAM LEONARD STANLEY

Lavenham Priory The Grade I listed building is Grey Cottage The 175-year-old stone cottage
one of the finest in this charming half-timbered with a 100ft sequoia in the garden stands out
town. Owners Tim and Gilli Pitt can offer three for the attention to detail paid by its owner,
delightful bedrooms to guests (dinner by Rosemary Reeves. From the carefully prepared
arrangement). Choose between a lit bateau, a dinners to the firm beds, reliable hot water,
four-poster and a Polonaise bed. Downstairs, the heated towel rails and fresh fruit in the bedrooms,
sitting room boasts a huge inglenook fireplace. everything reflects her friendly, helpful attitude.
N Water St, Lavenham, Suffolk CO10 9RW. N Bath Road, Leonard Stanley, Stonehouse,
Map p75 F3. § (01787) 247404. ` (01787) 248472. Gloucestershire GL10 3LU. Map p74 A3. § (01453)
$ mail@lavenhampriory.co.uk 0 b. Rooms 6. ∂ 822515. ` (01453) 822515. 0 b,d. Rooms 3. ∂
¢ Christmas, New Year. / MC, V. ]] ¢ Occasionally. / Not accepted. ]]

GREAT MILTON GRIMSTON
Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons Raymond Blanc’s Congham Hall Elegant Georgian manor house
temple of gastronomy, a Cotswold manor with set in parkland.
appropriately swish accommodation. N Grimston, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1AH. Map 75 F2.
N Church Rd, Great Milton, Oxfordshire OX44 7PD. § (01485) 600250. ` (01485) 601191.
Map p75 E4. § (01844) 278881. ` (01844) 278847. $ info@conghamhallhotel.demon.co.uk 0 b,l,d.
$ lemanoir@blanc.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32. ]]]] Rooms 14. ]]]
GREAT RISSINGTON HENLEY-YY ON-THAMES
Lamb Inn A lovely 300-year-old inn built of Red Lion Long-established town-centre coaching
Cotswold stone. Recent change of ownership; inn fronting the Thames at the busy road bridge.
new bar. N Hart St, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2AR.
N Great Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Map p75 E4. § (01491) 572161. ` (01491) 410039.
Gloucestershire GL54 2LP. Map p74 A2. § (01451) $ reservations@redlionhenley.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 26.
820388. ` (01451) 820724. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 14. ]] ]]]
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