Thirty Two

Press Reviews

Conde Nast Traveller (UK), October 2010
"Owners Jonathan Sellwood and Jonathan Parkin ('the Jonathans' as regular guests call them) have turned this listed terraced building into the swishest B&B imaginable. The decor mixes Danish G-Plan furniture with a hint of American Deco, and oriental ceramics and lacquerware against a backdrop of bold colours and tactile fabrics. The four bedrooms (one, on the ground floor, is a luxury suite with a copper bath) are more understated. However, the guest sitting room on the first floor and open-plan to the dining area is a confection of Perspex, chrome and velvet beneath lofty windows overlooking Imperial Square."

The Telegraph, April 2010
"After alighting at Cheltenham station, I dropped my bags at Thirty Two, a wonderfully stylish, four-room hotel overlooking the Imperial Gardens."

The Guardian, December 2007
"Thirty Two stretches the term B&B to the very limits, but that's because it's really a front for something else. "Guests like to pretend they live here when they step out of the front door," says Jonathan Swindell, taking us past a Chinese hall table - on which a metal candle-holder is burning something very nice - and up a red-carpeted staircase to the sitting room. Wow. It's the width of the building with two floor-to-ceiling windows looking out to the glittering trees along The Promenade, but it's not just the Georgian proportions that have momentarily stunned us into rare silence. We've disappeared into a room set for contemporary design. It's very modern with a hint of Asia and light touches of American deco."

The Times, December 2007
"The appeal of Thirty Two is its individuality and a relaxing atmosphere effected by a clever use of colour, pattern and unexpected artefacts. The large first-floor living room, which has three floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the flower-filled Imperial Gardens, is a mix of contemporary Perspex side tables, vintage sunburst mirrors, oriental artefacts and re-upholstered chairs. “We bought a lot of second-hand furniture, especially pairs of chairs, and upholstered them in a mix of fabrics,” says Sellwood. One pair of chairs is covered in an unusual glossy Geode vinyl fabric by Lelievre, while others are in a duck-egg blue bouclé material."

Guest Reviews

Reviews are only from people who have stayed there and booked through i-escape.

• “We like the interior decor and the feeling that you were staying in a private home rather than a standard b&b. Service was discreet and excellent. Gusto is a great spot for a light lunch (Montpelier district).”
  CARA, United Kingdom (16.12.11)