8/10 Udmærket
Jay
5. apr. 2024
Synes godt om: Rengøring, service og personale, faciliteter, overnatningsstedets tilstand og faciliteter
The Rose and Crown is very old: it is a Grade II listed building (read the entry about it online at British listed buildings). Above the entrance is a rare survivor: an inn sign with the arms of Frederick Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta, parents of the future George III (they married 1736, he died 1751). Usually inns had the arms of the monarch, in this case George II. The king and his son did not get along, and Frederick gathered a following of his own - so the innkeeper was taking sides in the royal standoff! The facade is a typical reserved Georgian brick design. Inside (reception, bar and restaurant) are timber beams of a much earlier building. So the inn got a face-lift c1736-50). Upstairs, the rooms are along corridors at different levels - the typical ramshackle construction of half-timbered buildings. The doors are unusually small, again as was often the case in earlier structures. So you know you are in a historic space. It won’t be up to modern hotel standards but if you insist, at the back is a wing built in the 1970s. In the historic block, the bathrooms have been renovated recently. I would hope the carpeting and the beds are next - I would charitably say they were acceptable. My Full English Breakfast was cooked fresh to order and was well up to standard. Staff were friendly. It was an interesting experience and reasonable at this price point.
Jay
Overnattede 3 nætter i marts 2024