Lewtrenchard Manor
A ‘stunning Jacobean building’ is, astonishingly, largely the creation of Victorian squire, parson and prolific author the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould. More
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A ‘stunning Jacobean building’ is, astonishingly, largely the creation of Victorian squire, parson and prolific author the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould. Salvaged Tuscan columns, Renaissance woodwork, rococo plasterwork, a Jacobean ceiling from a demolished house in Exeter, with antiques and Gould ancestral portraits, add to a rich ambience. A four-poster in Melton bedroom, overlooking the sunken garden and fountain, once belonged to Charles I’s wife, Henrietta Maria. Sadly, the view from a ‘huge, comfortable’ annexe room was over a courtyard where the laundry van delivered. In the dining room, David Brown’s menus use produce from the kitchen garden in dishes such as venison loin and braised leek with blue cheese and pear. ‘The food is superb,’ says a very happy reader and ‘the service was exceptional.’ Others report lapses, while a ‘delicious, succulent pork fillet’ had ‘too many fussy extras’ and, in unseasonably cold weather, how much nicer if the fires had been lit. For all that, this is a special place where a ‘forgotten’ Edwardian woodland garden, with waterfall and grotto, awaits discovery. (Lara Osgood)
Hotel details
Address
Lewdown
Okehampton
Devon
EX20 4PN
England
Telephone
01566 783222
Bedrooms
14. 1 in folly, 4 with separate entrance, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year, currently closed Mon, Tues, but check.
Facilities
lounge, bar, library, restaurant, function rooms, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, 12-acre gardens, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed, extra bed £25, no under-8s in restaurant (eve).
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms (£15 per stay), in public rooms, not in restaurant.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £180, singles from £145. Set-price dinner £57.50, tasting menu £74. 1-night bookings sometimes refused Sat.
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