The Carpenters Arms
Rambling roses and brimming hanging baskets adorn ‘the Carps’, a friendly local pub-with-rooms in a hamlet 25 minutes from Bath. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
Rambling roses and ‘an amazing display of hanging baskets and planters’ adorn ‘the Carps’, a friendly local pub-with-rooms in a hamlet 25 minutes from Bath. Part of the small Buccaneer Holdings pub group, it has been run with considerable polish since 1999 by manager Simon Pledge. Created from a row of miners’ cottages, it has picnic tables at the front and a terrace at the side. Bedrooms are contemporary in style, with a comfy chair or two, and an eclectic selection of artworks. Like the rest of the place, they sit comfortably between the no-frills and too-frilly sector of the market, say readers. A change in the kitchen has seen the return of Chris Dando, head chef here from 2003 to 2017. The menu, served in bar, dining rooms and garden, is a mix of pub classics and more inventive dishes, with day-boat fresh fish from Brixham, local beef, lamb, game in season. They do Sunday roasts, of course, which guests report come with copious amounts of vegetables and potatoes. Or you can just swing by for a pint of Butcombe and oodles of atmosphere in the stone-walled, beamed bar, by the fire or the log-burner.
Hotel details
Address
Wick Lane
Stanton Wick
Pensford
Somerset
BS39 4BX
England
Telephone
01761 490202
Bedrooms
13.
Open
all year except evenings 25/26 Dec, 1 Jan.
Facilities
bar, snug, lounge, 2 restaurants, function room, in-room TV (Freeview), patio, secure parking, public areas wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in some areas.
Children
all ages welcomed, under-12s stay free, children’s menu, high chairs, changing facilities.
Dogs
allowed in bar, snug and outside areas.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £160, singles from £90. À la carte £38.
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