The Pig at Combe
The Empress of Blandings among Robin Hutson’s Pig hotels (see index), this honey-stone Elizabethan manor house in the Otter valley is reached by a mile-long carriage drive. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
The Empress of Blandings among Robin Hutson’s Pig hotels (see index), this honey-stone Elizabethan manor house in the Otter valley is reached by a mile-long carriage drive. ‘A beautiful house’, with rococo plasterwork, mullioned windows, fireplaces and panelling, it has been filled by Judy Hutson with antiques, paintings, Paris trade-fair finds, Zoffany fabrics and signature rustic-chic pieces. Readers’ ‘comfy luxe’ bedroom had a ‘long, narrow bathroom with freestanding bath at the window, and a walk-in shower with an amazing drench head’. Many have an in-room roll-top bath. The Horsebox, in the old stable, has the original stall partitions. A Guide insider loved the ‘drawing rooms, all with roaring fireplace, and magnificent hall turned into a striking bar’ but a regular reader felt ‘there was a faux air about the hotel’. However, ‘the 25-mile menu shows impressive commitment to local sourcing, as does the beautiful kitchen garden’. Meals in ‘the lovely dining room’ feature local venison, Lyme Bay fish and home-grown produce by the bushel. ‘Breakfast was terrific.’ (Michael Gwinnell, David Birnie, SR)
Hotel details
Address
Gittisham
Honiton
Devon
EX14 3AD
England
Telephone
01404 540400
Bedrooms
30. 10 in stable yard, 5 in cottages (2 for family), 3 rooms suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
bar, 2 lounges, restaurant, Folly (communal dining), private dining rooms, in-room TV (Freeview), civil wedding licence, spa treatment rooms, 3,500-acre grounds, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room £175–£389, family £309–£399. Continental breakfast £12, cooked £16, à la carte £35, set menus £22.50–£28.50. 1-night bookings sometimes refused.
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