Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
Only in Southern England do you get hotel reviews which twice use the word “international” as a derogatory term. One rather gets the sense they’d have much rather for the place still to be owned by its ancestral family and staffed exclusively by peasants from the local feudal villages.
Completely different generation to me as well as different outlook on life generally, therefore a negative write up on the decor by the Telegraph is almost a positive as far as I'm concerned. I think what the reviewer wants is a hotel full of antiques that feels like someone's house rather than a hotel - Downton Abbey fantasy, basically. No thanks. The fact they are complimentary about the quality of the finish is very good.
I am staying tomorrow so will try to report back as much as I can. Have a suite in the main house booked.