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The Bath Arms
Frome, Wiltshire
The ancient stone-built Bath Arms in woodlands on the Longleat estate gets a big thumbs up from readers for its 'excellent, attentive and pleasant staff', 'appealing menus', real ales and great-value, well-decorated rooms.
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The ancient stone-built Bath Arms in woodlands on the Longleat estate gets a big thumbs up from readers for its 'excellent, attentive and pleasant staff', 'appealing menus', real ales and great-value, well-decorated rooms. A fourth venture for the Beckford group (see The Beckford Arms, Tisbury), it has a buzzy but relaxed vibe amid the flagstone and wood floors, assorted brown furniture, walls hung with vintage maps and Vanity Fair caricatures. A maze of corridors leads to rooms in the group's signature style – pastel walls, seagrass flooring, no wardrobe, bathrooms with Bramley toiletries. Numbers 6 and 7 are attic rooms with low ceilings so avoid them if you are tall. A reader who stayed in Room 3 with a shower room liked the 'view in two directions, pleasant decoration and large, comfortable bed'. Food, served in the dining room or snug, or under canvas on the terrace, is locally sourced. 'The chalk stream trout, crab stuffed courgette flower, shellfish bisque, Brixham crab and chilli salad was the outstanding main course at dinner,' report readers who enjoyed everything they ate, though they found the acoustics in the dining room difficult. In the morning, the 'full English is very good'. (John Charnley, and others)
Hotel Details
Address
Talbot Inn, Frome, Wiltshire, BA11 3PN, England
Telephone
Bedroom
17. 6 in stables, 1 suitable for wheelchair user.
Openings
all year, except 25 Dec.
Background Music
'very quiet' in bar and restaurant.
Children
all ages welcomed, cot £10, extra bed £35.
Dogs
allowed in some bedrooms (small charge for cleaning), all public areas.
Prices
B&B doubles from £130. À la carte £50. 1-night bookings refused Fri and Sat.
Quality products offered at this hotel
Facilities
bar, restaurant, snug, covered terrace, second terrace, landscaped gardens, in-room TV, public rooms accessible for wheelchair users.
















