The Double Red Duke
The latest addition to Georgie and Sam Pearman’s Country Creatures portfolio, this 17th-century Cotswold stone inn is ‘one of the best pubs-with-rooms I’ve ever seen’, says our inspector. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
The latest addition to Georgie and Sam Pearman’s Country Creatures portfolio, this 17th-century Cotswold stone inn is ‘one of the best pubs-with-rooms I’ve ever seen’, says our inspector. The bedrooms are ‘all special, one with a red bathtub in a red-and-white-tiled nook, others opening on to the garden’. A family room had ‘a country-chic feel, old wooden furniture, luxurious fabrics, sisal carpet’. The bathroom was ‘enormous, with stand-alone tub and another room with twin walk-in showers’. Many rooms have an emperor bed, hand-blocked wallpaper; all have a cafetière, 100 Acres toiletries. You can have tea by the fire in one of the snugs, dine in the bar, restaurant, garden room, alfresco under a striped parasol, or at the counter of the open kitchen. ‘There’s the usual pub grub, but meat and fish grilled over charcoal, cherry and apple wood are stars of the show. My son devoured a porterhouse for two and declared it the best steak ever.’ Side dishes such as BBQ hispi cabbage and miso butter rack up the bill. A buffet breakfast is included; cooked dishes such as devilled kidneys and smoked haddock omelette are charged extra.
Hotel details
Address
Bourton Road
Clanfield
Bampton
Oxfordshire
OX18 2RB
England
Telephone
01367 810222
Bedrooms
19. 6 in barn annexe.
Open
all year.
Facilities
bar, restaurant, garden room, snugs, wine room, chef's counter, in-room TV, shepherd's hut treatment room, garden, terraces, some on-site parking, EV charging, dining areas wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
‘background appropriate music in public areas’.
Children
all ages welcomed, 3 family rooms, cots free, extra bed in larger doubles £30, children's menu.
Dogs
allowed in barn bedrooms (£25 a night, beds, bowls), in bar on lead if well-behaved.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £120 (incl. continental breakfast). À la carte £45. 2-night min. stay Sat, bank holidays.