The King’s Head Inn
Archie and Nicola Orr-Ewing have created a seamless blend of friendly village local and gastropub-with-rooms at their former 16th-century cider house overlooking the green. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
Archie and Nicola Orr-Ewing have created a seamless blend of friendly village local and gastropub-with-rooms at their former 16th-century cider house overlooking the green. You can pop in for a pint of Hook Norton by the fire in the beamed bar with ‘relaxed atmosphere’, while the children feed the ducks on the brook or enjoy ice creams from the pub’s shepherd’s hut. In the dining room and courtyard, ‘very good food’ is served by ‘excellent, warm and friendly staff’. Menus use free-range and organic local produce, running from pub classics to dishes such as haunch of venison with red wine jus or tiger prawn linguine. Smallish bedrooms, above the pub and in the courtyard annexe, are supplied with ‘generous amounts’ of bespoke Bantam toiletries. They have been styled by Mrs Orr-Ewing (aka Nicola de Selincourt, milliner), with Cole & Son wallpaper and junk-shop bric-a-brac. The shabby-chic style isn’t to everyone’s liking: one reader thought their room ‘was in need of TLC’, another that ‘the furniture looked like something from a second-hand store’. That didn’t put them off the whole experience though: ‘Would certainly recommend.’
Hotel details
Address
The Green
Bledington
Gloucestershire
OX7 6XQ
England
Telephone
01608 658365
Bedrooms
12. 6 in courtyard annexe, some on ground floor.
Open
all year except 25/26 Dec.
Facilities
bar, restaurant, snug, courtyard, in-room TV (Freeview), children’s play area.
Background music
most of the day, in bar.
Children
all ages welcomed, cot £5, extra bed £25.
Dogs
allowed by arrangement in 3 ground-floor bedrooms (no charge), bar, not in restaurant.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £110, singles from £90 (Sun–Thurs). À la carte £36. 1-night bookings refused Sat.
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