The Double Red Duke - Newcomer Restaurant of the Year
The Double Red Duke listed as one of the best restaurants to visit outside London in 2021
" The Double Red Duke offers an amplified version of all the comforts we associate with staying at an inviting country pub with rooms. "
Read MoreJay Rayner - " The simple menu at this Oxfordshire pub barely hints at the glories of the food on your plate. It's a class act. "
Read More" Rooms are decorated with floral wallpaper, botanical block print lamp-shades and velvet headboards in burnt orange and teal. "
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke listed in the Sunday Times 100 Best British Hotels 2021
The Swan listed as one of the best UK pubs with rooms to enjoy this winter
William Sitwell - " It was like arriving in Venice for the first time. An unforgettable, emotional experience. "
Read More" The name suggests naughtiness, and there's certainly a touch of that at this good-looking 17th century pub "
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke listed as one of the best new hotels of 2021 to stay in for an Autumn break
" Supremely cosy and boutique. This is a place to soak up history and quintessential Cotswold village vibes "
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke is included by Jay Rayner's in his restaurant highlights of 2021.
The Swan listed as one of the best UK pubs with beer gardens and outdoor seating in 2021
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke featured in a Valentine's list of the best sexy hotels in London and beyond.
Read MoreSawday's includes The Swan in their list of 40 of the finest pubs for a Sunday Roast.
Giles Coren - " It's a great big, newly updated, spanking bloody excellent Cotswolds pub, I mean that as about the biggest compliment I can muster. "
" At its heart are social spaces, cosy sitting rooms, a restaurant with red-velvet banquettes, the light-filled bar and garden room... "
Read More" A romantic 17th-century wisteria-clad coaching inn converted into a sleek retreat "
Read More" Cosy and contemporary, the hotel has a warren of lounges with log fires and deep leather arm chairs that rub up against bedrooms with original ceiling beams "
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke in their pick of the hottest new restaurants opening this summer
Read More" An outdoor kitchen and pizza oven that'll see crowds flock to their beautiful beer garden throughout summer "
Read MoreThe Double Red Duke features in their Father's Day gift guide
" The perfect place to spend a cosy weekend "
" A Cotswolds inn with a wall of open flame is a mouthwatering prospect at a time when cooking over fire has never been hotter "
Read More" All our cottagecore dreams come true, with roaring fires, exposed stone walls, and floral prints for days "
Read More" Expect a charcoal grill working overtime and a killer steak and kidney pudding with oyster and bone marrow gravy "
" A perfectly pitched pub for a countryside-stomping spring escape "
" The 17th-century wisteria-clad Cotswold stone coaching inn boats 19 bedrooms and a menu centred around an open-fire kitchen "
Runner up in the Best Rooms category in the Sawday’s Pub Awards 2020, in partnership with the Telegraph
" How many pubs-with-rooms also come with a sommelier? Not many, but then everything takes a surprising turn in this attractive former coaching inn. "
" Hotels by Design "A guide to the most beautiful hotels in the world." "
" The Top 10 Pubs in The Cotswolds "
Top 50 pubs in the Cotswolds 2021
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" Georgie and Sam have a natural talent for making places look cool but comfortable, hip yet homely. "
" Great British and Irish Hotels "
Top 50 pubs in the Cotswolds 2020
" You won’t want to leave "
" A rustic sixteenth century timbered inn, the Swan has an intimate feel…. Service is seamless yet relaxed "
The Swan listed in their best hotels in the Cotswolds 2019
The Swan listed in 30 best food lovers sleepovers in the UK
" A 16th-century inn, at pretty Ascott-under-Wychwood, recently taken over by hotel gurus Sam and Georgie Pearman. It bears all their hip-yet-homely hallmarks, including playful, eclectic furnishings, sink-into beds and seasonal food. "
" A honey-hued Cotswolds darling near Chipping Norton, this 16th-century coaching inn steals the show for its modern take on pub grub... It only opened in May, but we predict big things for this eight-room bolthole. "
" The food is undoubtedly the main event at The Swan. Obviously hugely popular with the locals, the restaurant was buzzing on a Friday evening. "
" Country Creatures has overhauled The Swan’s dishes and redecorated everything from the beer garden to the bedrooms. The inn’s traditional Cotswolds honey stone exterior and wooden beamed interiors have been given a new lease of life via eclectic wallpapers, bright textiles and smatterings of modern art. We especially liked the on-trend forest green accents, which extend from the banquette seating through to the bold patterned wallpaper in the dining room. "
The Double Red Duke described as a new opening to look out for
The Swan described as the perfect Cotswolds bolthole
25th May 2023
26th Apr 2023
Coming soon to Clanfield in Oxfordshire:
The Double Red Duke.
A beautiful, 17th century coaching inn nestled between the Chilterns and the Cotswolds, close to Oxford and minutes from William Morris's Kelmscott.
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