The Dial House

A perfect first stay at The Dial House. We stayed in Italian Palace and we loved it. The room is huge and well stocked, and decorated perfectly. The photos don’t do it justice! We also loved the breakfast at Bread Source - we were each entitled to a drink, piece of fruit, sweet item and savoury item - so yummy! We will definitely be back … we’ve got our eye on the Print Room next!

We stayed in the Orient Room, which is far smaller than we expected. On the upside it is unusually decorated and charming to a point. The bathroom is well fitted out and works well in all respects other than gurgling plumbing and a complete lack of ventilation. The room itself is small, hot, and airless. The solution is to open the windows facing the pub across the road, but on a Sunday night this closes early and the area is quiet. The bed is a double, standard size, and fine other than pillows without any substance. The heating controls (at least thats what I think they are) glow very brightly all night and we could not find how to turn them off. Neither of us could sleep with what is a quite bright light directly in your eyes, and at 1.30am constructed a "Giant Jenga" of pillows and clothes to reach the height of this control to blank it off. With the windows open you can clearly hear the hour struck at 1am, 2am, and 3am, I managed to miss 4am, 5am, 6am through fatigue, but luckily awakened with a start at 6.15am by the Bakers van. This brings fresh, good bread to "Bread Source" downstairs, and has a double function of having a side door that can be slammed really loudly as a precursor to the main door (directly underneath) being slammed as well. To finish the job, some walking about in heavy boots and some back doors on the van due for their rigidity test. Now wide awake despite so little sleep I attempted to close the shutters and windows to get more sleep but sadly not. The "breakfast" is a "Drink, Savoury, Sweet, and a piece of fruit". Taken aback by sentimental, sepia flashbacks of childhood school dinners I indulged in the croissant (after all, I heard it delivered that very morning), the quiche, a coffee, and an orange (well, green and orange), all of which motivated me to go in search of a Melon Bag from McDonalds that very day. All in all, marks for trying, delightful village, quaint building, excellently decorated but the overall impression of this posh B&B (not a Hotel) is "not to be repeated", and certainly not for the advertised £160. No-one there to report this to, by the way, as it is most definately not a Hotel.

A Beautiful and elegant room (China) A huge room and oversized bathroom that were spotlessly clean. The bed was very comfy and the bathroom was amazing. Had a nice touches like ground coffee and fresh milk. Direct Booking was easy and very friendly.

Beautiful venue in a stunning setting ,just like stepping back in time to an unspoilt village square. Room was beyond perfect , complete with record player . Spacious , clean absolutely perfect. The addition of the laid back bar was a welcome surprise for pre and after dinner drinks where the staff went above and beyond . The source bakery for breakfast was also outstanding . Can’t wait to return

This was an exceptional B&B, unique, quirky and spotlessly clean...there were really lovely touches, a bottle of chilled water in the fridge, delicious biscuits and the coffee was perfect (a cafeteria not sachets!) and a couple of bottles of fizz and card for a family member whose birthday it was. The rooms were so interesting with different themes in each one, we loved the record player and record collection!! The bathrooms were again spotless and luxurious and the products provided were lovely. The beds were super comfy and the bedding was of a really high quality. The bakery in the morning was a real treat, we ended up buying more to take home. We couldn't have asked for more

The hotel, and our room (Natural History) were perfect. The self check-in was easy, and we had really detailed messages before arrival with all the info we needed. The NH room had a lovely private terrace so we could sit outside. Lovely decor in the room and an immaculate bathroom. Breakfast in the Bread Source café downstairs was delicious - our £10pp 'allowance' stretched to a coffee, huge croissant and a delicious muffin (to eat later!) - with change to spare! Unfortunately we had to cut our 2-night stay short due to my illness, which I was gutted about. The 1 night we were there, we ate at The Crown pub in the village. We'd booked The King's Arms for our 2nd night, but had to cancel that. We hope to return for another stay!