THE DOUBLE RED DUKE, COTSWOLDS
‘Whether wild turbot from Brixham or longhorn beef from Yorkshire, we’ll be doing simple, ingredient-led, live-fire cooking,’ says Richard Sandiford, head chef of this wisteria-clad former coaching inn in the village of Clanfield. It’s the latest outpost from husband-and-wife hoteliers Sam and Georgie Pearman who have form in the Cotswolds (previously behind The Lucky Onion group; since 2017, they have been revamping inns under their Country Creatures umbrella). At its heart are the social spaces: cosy sitting rooms, a restaurant with red-velvet banquettes, the light-filled bar and garden room and – surely the best seat in the house – a counter where guests can polish off a spit-roast Sunday lunch while watching the kitchen team in action.
Price: Doubles from £120
Opening in May 2021
GRAIN STORE AT COOMBESHEAD FARM, CORNWALL
When chefs Tom Adams and April Bloomfield, co-founders of Pitt Cue and New York’s now-shuttered The Spotted Pig respectively, opened Coombeshead Farm, a guesthouse and field-to-fork restaurant between Bodmin and Dartmoor five years ago, it proved an instant hit. Consequently, it has often been tricky to snag one of the coveted sleepover slots. Now the grain store across the courtyard from the existing farmhouse has been converted, adding four more homely rooms kitted out with an eclectic mix of furniture, Turkish-cotton dressing gowns, and a cider-stocked honesty fridge. Small-batch gins can be found in the mini-bar and some of the bathrooms have roll-top tubs. Also new is the two-bedroom cottage, featuring a log burner in the living room and its own little garden.
These new accommodations offer unique hospitality experiences that focus on locally sourced ingredients and inventive culinary concepts. Moreover, they provide comfortable environments ideal for relaxation and exploration of their surrounding areas.
