It's hard to imagine a more perfect English pastoral scene than this ancient gabled manor beside St Michael's thirteenth-century church, framed against immaculate gardens and panoramic Cotswold countryside. No wonder tourists are seduced by its sheer beauty.

As you might expect, the interior of this dreamy country-house hotel is awash with tapestries, friezes, oil paintings, log fires and panelled walls, while legions of ever-attentive staff ensure that guests feel suitably relaxed (despite the sometimes daunting, money-no-option grandeur of the place).

Fruit, vegetables and herbs are cultivated in the hotel's garden, and the home-grown harvest is topped up with supplies from the nearby Vale of Evesham. You can taste the results in everything from new season's asparagus with rocket salad, poached free-range egg and hollandaise sauce to iced black cherry and Kirsch 'bombe' with mixed berry compote and crisp chocolate. In between, the kitchen sends out modern offerings such as pan-fried Cornish monkfish on chive potato with a ragoût of mussels and clams or roast saddle of Cotswold venison with beetroot gratin, baby onions and juniper sauce. The heavyweight, 500-bin wine list is supplemented by more than 100 half-bottles.

Buckland Manor is also featured in: Michelin Guide, AA Guide

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Modern British / European

Will Guthrie

Breakfast: 8.00 - 10.30am
Lunch: 12.30 - 2.00pm (Afternoon Tea 2.30pm - 6.00pm & 4.00 - 6.00pm Sun)
Dinner: 7.00 - 9.00pm

Visa, Master Card, American Express

• Alfresco dining
• Private parties
• Vegetarian menu
• 40 covers

Accomodation is available, (15 rooms)

Private parking is possible at a location nearby