Howard’s House
Teffont Evias, Wiltshire
Good Hotel Guide Review
This peaceful small hotel and popular restaurant in a romantic Jacobean former dower house, surrounded by country gardens, continues to delight readers. Across a quiet road, the Teffont Brook rushes by to join the River Nadder (catch a trout, and they will smoke or cure it for you). Chef Andy Britton can often be seen feeding the Legbar hens in the kitchen garden, or picking ingredients for menus that he devises with manager Simon Greenwood, one of the four owners. Specialities include game in season (maybe roast loin of venison with venison jus and chocolate oil). ‘The food was ridiculously good for the price, with extras of amuse-bouche and a divine soup taster,’ a reader tells us. Bedrooms, one with a four-poster, have an understated country house look. A superior room has a super-king-size bed, a seating area, coffee machine and REN toiletries. ‘At night, with windows wide open, there was complete silence – wonderful.’ There are ‘plenty of comfy sitting areas’, with open fire, and ‘a lovely terrace for afternoon tea’. Another reader praises ‘a delightful welcome, fine meal and excellent breakfast’. (Stuart Smith, CH)
Hotel details
Address
Teffont Evias
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP3 5RJ
England
Telephone
01722 716392
Bedrooms
9.
Open
all year except 23–27 Dec.
Facilities
lounge, snug, restaurant, function facilities in coach house, in-room TV (Freeview), 2-acre grounds, coach house (private function room) wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in dining room.
Children
all ages welcomed (cot, high chair).
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms (£15 charge), in public rooms except restaurant.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single £95–£120, double £150–£225, £35 for child sharing with parents. Tasting menu £80, à la carte £37–£46.50, seasonal menu £28–£33.50.
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