The Gunton Arms

Rooms

There are 8 rooms: 6 Superior Doubles, 1 Double and 1 Small Double. Two of the Superior Doubles can also be booked together as a 2-bed Suite.

Named after local characters - including gamekeeper James Ellis, who can often be found propping up the bar - the rooms were exquisitely designed and decorated with the highest attention to detail. Nothing is standard or rolled out en masse - it’s all been carefully chosen. You’ll find Chinese bedside lamps, pretty patterned wallpaper, prints of butterflies, hunts and fishing, mahogany side tables, marble bathrooms and cheery antique runners on soft grey carpet.

The Small Double and Double have shower bathrooms, the Superior Bathrooms have rolltop baths, and a couple have showers too. All bathrooms are stocked with luxurious Cowshed products.

Ellis and Parkin were our favourites overall (Superior Doubles): both are quiet and a good size with good views and a bathroom with a window, and Ellis has a kingsize 4-poster bed. Thurston (a Double) and Ward (a Superior Double) are also peaceful and a good size; Langtry and Harbord (Superior Doubles) have good views but are noisier, being above the bar.

Extra beds and cots are available in the larger rooms, and well-behaved dogs are welcome in all rooms.

Guests also have the use of The Stamp Rooms, 2 private sitting rooms downstairs, along with a private dining room, where you'll find an original Lucien Freud on the wall.