{"id":66086,"date":"2018-07-13T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=66086"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:54:55","slug":"proper-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/07\/proper-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Proper English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Perfected over centuries, the great hotels of the English countryside offer a peerless mix of service, comfort, and coziness, with a view back into the beginnings of modern hospitality.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>I was asked the other day what type of hotel is my favorite. What a terrible question. The best thing about the rise of boutique hotels is that you can enjoy <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/04\/golden-age\/\">all different kinds of them<\/a>. But surely you&#8217;re hoping for a better answer than that. Okay, then: lately I&#8217;ve had a hankering for the country hotels of England.<\/p>\n<p>My tastes lean toward the clean and modern, but I&#8217;m a sucker for history. I&#8217;ve played golf on the ancient links of the British Isles, where the courses date back centuries and were built more by nature than man \u2014 they lie easy on the land, blending in as if they&#8217;d always been there. I see the same characteristics in the great country hotels below. They appear natural and effortless, comfortable and intimate, with a level of service and luxury that never feels overextended. <\/p>\n<p>They are precisely all that they need to be, and nothing more. See for yourself\u2026.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Wheatsheaf Inn<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Northleach, Cotswolds<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/northleach-hotels\/the-wheatsheaf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/Wheatsheaf.jpg\" alt=\"The Wheatsheaf Inn- boutique hotel in Northleach\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s coaching inns are the ancestors of today\u2019s pubs, and the Wheatsheaf is as true as can be to the classic, slightly utopian ideal of a public house as a welcoming place for a drink, a delicious bite to eat, and an attractive, comfortable room for the night (plus decidedly non-pub amenities like a spa in the garden and shooting or fishing outings).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca6d5\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat&#8217;Saisons<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Great Milton, Oxfordshire<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/great-milton-hotels\/belmond-le-manoir-aux-quatsaisons\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/ManoirAux.jpg\" alt=\"Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons - boutique hotel in Great Milton\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A stone path leads past the green grass, hedgerows, and delphiniums to a honey-colored fifteenth-century manor house. The damp air is sweet with the scent of hydrangea. In the lobby, chintz cushions soften the flagstone floors, fireplaces, and wood beamed ceilings. It couldn&#8217;t be more English, except for the fact that Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat&#8217;Saisons is the brainchild of a Frenchman, two-star Michelin chef Raymond Blanc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca701\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Grove Lodge<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bath, Somerset<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/bath-hotels\/grove-lodge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/Grove.jpg\" alt=\"Grove Lodge - boutique hotel in Bath\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bath is best known as a spa town and the setting for a couple of Jane Austen novels, not to mention the author\u2019s place of residence from 1801 to 1806. We dare say Austen herself \u2014 a low-key, independent sort \u2014 would approve of Grove Lodge. The hotel has just three apartment-style suites, each with a different design theme, a drawing room, and unobstructed garden views.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca718\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Old Quay House<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fowey, Cornwall<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/fowey-hotels\/the-old-quay-house\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/OldQuay.jpg\" alt=\"The Old Quay House - boutique hotel in Fowey\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perched dramatically at the water&#8217;s edge, with boats passing by and little to disturb the near-perfect quiet, The Old Quay is as restful as can be. Several of the rooms look out over the estuary from private balconies, as does the restaurant and a sun terrace, where guests can take in the river views and the breeze. Inside, a comfy fireside lounge stands ready when you need a warm up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca72c\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The White Horse<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dorking, Surrey<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/dorking-hotels\/the-white-horse\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/WhiteHorse.jpg\" alt=\"The White Horse - boutique hotel in Dorking\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems there\u2019s a White Horse of some description in just about every town, village, and hamlet in England. But only the one in Dorking is the Victorian-era coaching inn where Charles Dickens wrote part of <em>The Pickwick Papers<\/em>. It\u2019s also the only one that recently underwent a \u00a34-million refurbishment to bring it up to modern standards that even Dickens couldn&#8217;t have imagined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca73f\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Crazy Bear<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/beaconsfield-hotels\/the-crazy-bear\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/CrazyBear-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Crazy Bear - boutique hotel in Beaconsfield\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in a mood to transport yourself to another world, a scant twenty minutes from central London, The Crazy Bear is your place. Its sheer opulence is a fantasia in gilt and velour, fur and leather, an absolute explosion of luxury in the incongruous setting of a 15th-century coaching inn in Beaconsfield, the quiet Buckinghamshire market town. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca751\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">No 131<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cheltenham, Cotswolds<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cheltenham-hotels\/no-131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/No131.jpg\" alt=\"No 131 - boutique hotel in Cheltenham\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The slightly sleepy Cotswolds town of Cheltenham might not be the first place you\u2019d think to look for a lively and self-assuredly stylish boutique hotel. But that\u2019s just what you\u2019ll find in No. 131, a grand Georgian villa facing the town\u2019s Imperial Gardens, once derelict but lovingly restored over the space of several years by restaurateurs and hoteliers Sam and Georgie Pearman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca762\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">No 38 The Park<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cheltenham, Cotswolds<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cheltenham-hotels\/no-38-the-park\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/No38.jpg\" alt=\"No 38 The Park - boutique hotel in Cheltenham\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgina and Sam Pearman\u2019s Lucky Onion hospitality group have cornered the market in the Cotswolds and Gloucestershire for a certain kind of hybrid hospitality \u2014 part urban-inspired boutique chic, part classic country-house coziness. No. 38 The Park is their second venture in Cheltenham, a quieter, more intimate foil to No. 131, housed in a Regency townhouse a short walk from the town center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca773\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Langshott Manor Hotel<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Horley, Surrey<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/surrey-hotels\/langshott-manor-hotel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/LangshottManor.jpg\" alt=\"Langshott Manor Hotel - boutique hotel in Horley\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though it\u2019s not strictly a country house hotel \u2014 the town of Horley has grown up around its three-acre grounds \u2014 the 16th century Langshott Manor offers country-house atmosphere by the spadeful. The Elizabethan architecture no doubt contributes to that sense of peace and quiet, all beamed ceilings, mullioned windows, and great heavy doors that are particularly conducive to privacy (and deep sleep).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca783\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Idle Rocks<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">St Mawes, Cornwall<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cornwall-hotels\/the-idle-rocks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/IdleRock.jpg\" alt=\"The Idle Rocks - boutique hotel in St Mawes\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cornwall\u2019s come a long way since it was Fawlty Towers country, all crumbling inns and desolate promenades. In fact the seaside village of St. Mawes has itself become something of a glamour destination. And the newly renovated Idle Rocks Hotel, the whitewashed inn that\u2019s long presided over this picturesque harbour, supplies another reason to visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca792\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bailiffscourt Hotel &#038; Spa<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Climping, West Sussex<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/west-sussex-hotels\/bailiffscourt-hotel-spa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/071418\/Bailiffscourt.jpg\" alt=\"Bailiffscourt Hotel &#038; Spa - boutique hotel in Climping\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A mock-medieval mansion, built today, might come off a bit d\u00e9class\u00e9; a mock-medieval mansion built in the Thirties, however, has had time to accumulate a history all its own. Architecturally, it helps that it was built from salvaged medieval-era stones and beams. And in terms of atmosphere, it certainly doesn\u2019t hurt that Bailiffscourt Hotel &#038; Spa has played host to England\u2019s brightest stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69f512e3ca7a2\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfected over centuries, the great hotels of the English countryside offer a peerless mix of service, comfort, and coziness, with a view back into the beginnings of modern 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