Wow, it looks incredible. Thanks for the heads up! I'm not familiar with the UK - would love to go around a bit more.

One more to add as we stayed at PH Kyoto over the new year's. Will echo what everyone says - gorgeous hardware, charming location, Kyoto bistro was surprisingly good and bar was lovely but some staffing issues. We were surprised to find from our interactions with the staff that most of the English-speaking staff are from Hong Kong and do not speak Japanese (we only found out when we tried to converse with them) - and outnumber the Japanese staff on hand. Staff are eager to help, housekeeping mostly non-Japanese as well. Crossed paths with GM more than a couple of times but he seemed more interested in attending to caucasian guests, including a particularly large family, which we found unfortunate. Would nevertheless return for the room & location.