St Benedict Victorian B&B Shortlist*
Saint Leonards-on-sea, Sussex
Good Hotel Guide Review
You half expect to find a chamber pot under the bed, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti taking tea by the drawing-room fire at this 19th-century villa, a homage to the Victorian Aesthetic movement, perfect in every detail. With its carefully curated plethora of ceramics, chinoiserie, religious art, fire screens and antimacassars, it delights ‘greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery’ aficionados; minimalists maybe not so much. The Old Nursery, Colonel’s Room and Nanny Hawkins Room have a private bathroom with Victorian fittings. Mr Parry’s Room has a canopied four-poster, a dressing room and ensuite shower room. Breakfast includes fruit from the walled garden, eggs from the hens, honey from the beehives, an Aga-cooked full English served on silver dishes.
Hotel details
Address
81 Pevensey Rd,
Saint Leonards-on-sea
Hastings
Sussex
TN38 0LR
England
Telephone
01424 434973
Bedrooms
5. Plus adjoining 2-bedroom apartment.
Open
all year.
Facilities
dining room, drawing room, first-floor sitting room (TV), large walled garden (glasshouses, summer house, kitchen garden, chapel), some parking.
Background music
none.
Children
all ages welcome, but care must be taken of delicate furnishings and objects, extra bed £20.
Dogs
allowed if calm and well behaved, no charge.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £120, hosted dinner parties for 6–12, £45.
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