Lacock Pottery
A serene, airy former workhouse featuring peat fires, organic breakfasts and, appropriately, fine ceramics.
A serene, airy former workhouse featuring peat fires, organic breakfasts and, appropriately, fine ceramics.
Lacock's oldest building is a picturesque venue for a quintessentially English afternoon tea (£7 to £16 served from 11am to 5.30pm) of cucumber sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and homemade jam.
If you want to slumber amid a superb slice of history, check into this 15th-century beamed bolt-hole. Packed with antique beds, tapestries and buffed chests, comfort levels are brought up to date with free-standing sinks and slipper baths.
One for the 'places-I-have-stayed' photo album: a circular, three-storey former windmill boasting eyebrow-raising features. Queen-sized waterbeds and satin sheets cosy up to conical ceilings and spiral staircases.
This cosy little hillside hideaway has been created by knocking six weavers' cottages together. Now the charming rooms house antique wooden furniture and sparkling bathrooms – all have captivating views down onto the River Avon.
An old town-centre coaching inn, where rooms are dotted with shutters, ornate fireplaces and Georgian architectural plans.
There can't be many guesthouses that can match this one's canalside terrace and heated pool.
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