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The Wild Rabbit
Kingham
Restored manors, farm shops, long walks and gastropubs are all on the agenda at these brilliantly British hotels.
05 September, 2018
A staycation once conjured up images of weathered caravan sites, leaky tents and stale sticks of Blackpool rock. But in place of tired B&Bs there's been an upward revival of smart, British boltholes championing British heritage. Restored manors, farm shops, long walks and gastropubs are all on the agenda at these brilliantly British hotels.
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Kingham
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Exmouth
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London
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Marylebone
Housed in an immaculate Georgian mansion, tucked away from the tourist crowds that clatter along Marble Arch, you'll find the lair of Wicked Uncle Seymour. Cross the threshold into the whacky and whimsical world of the eclectic family member filled with eccentric antiques, Grand Tour trinkets and wind-up gramophones. All 24-rooms have a distinctively British feel (think dark-wood four-poster beds, chocolate-brown leather sofas and vintage Union Jack flags) but its Lear's Loft that steals the show. Accessed by its own staircase and occupying the whole of the fifth floor, Uncle Seymour leaves little to the imagination with the opulent alfresco bathtub. Should you be feeling extra naughty, slink off to Seymour's Parlour for tipples orchestrated by cocktail maestro Tony Conigliaro. We've developed a penchant for Le Sphinx, a mischievous mix of orange neroli, ambrette bitters and champagne.