Best country house hotels in East Anglia

Congham Hall
King's Lynn
Thirty acres of parkland surround this Georgian merchant's manor house in the Norfolk countryside, renowned for its fragrant garden of 400 herb varieties.

The Dial House
Norwich
Highly idiosyncratic and seriously fun, Hannah Springham and Andrew Jones’s hotel features bedrooms themed on the Georgian Grand Tour and Victorian global gallivanting.

The Farmhouse at Redcoats
Hitchin
In serene countryside, this well-restored old farmhouse, its many features dating from the 15th Century, stands in large, landscaped gardens.

Dedham Hall
Colchester
Readers paint an appealing picture of a stay at this characterful timber-frame manor house in deepest Constable country, where residential art courses are a big draw.

Talbooth House & Spa
DEDHAM
The Milsom family’s Victorian country house hotel in Dedham Vale, in the heart of Constable country, has been subtly rebranded with the addition of a spa by the pool house.

The Gunton Arms
Thorpe Market
‘A fun take on a gallery crossed with an old boozer and a good-value one at that’, a former steward’s house in a 1,000-acre deer park is now an ‘anything-but-traditional’ pub-with-rooms, say inspectors.

The Dabbling Duck
GREAT MASSINGHAM
They have all their ducks in a row at this wisteria-decked gastropub-with-rooms overlooking the green in a village where mallards glide on old abbey fishponds.

Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans
A favourite hangout of the England football team, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten is ‘well-run’, with contemporary bedrooms, cosseting suites, a good choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a magnificent spa.

The Pheasant
Kelling
In the heart of a sprawling estate of woods and parkland, this country house hotel is a relaxed, unstuffy retreat.

Magazine Wood
Hunstanton
In a swath of green countryside, Pip and Jonathan Barber’s chic B&B looks over the village towards the Norfolk coast.

The Old Hall
Ely
Entering the long drive up to the Old Hall, it’s hard to know where to look first; either to the striking tall-chimneyed manor house or the romantic views of Ely Cathedral over the Morbey family’s farm and woodland estate.
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Hintlesham Hall
Ipswich
One hundred and seventy-five acres of rolling countryside surround this Grade I listed country house, with opportunities for golf, clay pigeon shooting and boundless walks; treatments and a Jacuzzi in the restful spa. Characterful bedrooms, some timbered, some panelled, have four-poster canopy beds. Fine dining menus in Carrier’s restaurant make use of fresh herbs and vegetables from the garden.
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