Whitehouse

Need to know

Rooms

Six.

Rates

£180–£230, including full English or Continental breakfast, afternoon tea and tax. You can rent the whole house (sleeping 12) for £2,800 for two nights; with £1,300 for each additional night.

Check-out

Midday, although this may be flexible if occupancy permits. Check-in, 2pm.

Facilities

In-room beauty treatments from local therapists, croquet lawn, gardens, vast, pilfer-able chest of DVDs and CDs, screening room, freeWiFi throughout. In rooms: plasma TVs, CD/DVD player with iPod connection, Nespresso machine, kettle with a stash of

Poolside

Whitehouse doesn’t have a pool, although you can sun yourself in the extensive gardens. The hotel has house membership to the Dart Marina spa in Dartmouth, where you can use the pool, steam room and gym free.

Also

Two-night minimum stay at weekends. Well behaved dogs are welcomed with beds bowls and towels for £15 a night – just let the hotel know in advance (so they can let the resident lurcher and two Siamese know that they’ll have competition).

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Chef Allyson Wray clearly has a fondness for sharing, producing a terrific array of platters on chunky wooden boards that feature rustic meats, local cheeses and artisan breads. There’s a daily changing menu of fresh seafood and local meat, served in the airy barn-style dining area.

Dress code

Casual but groomed: light Alice Temperley dresses and tight Sass & Bide jeans.

Top table

Secure a spot by the window overlooking the gardens, or better still, sit outside on the terrace in summer.

Last orders

Dinner comes to a natural halt around 10pm, but there’s no hard and fast attitude to opening hours. The bar’s open late, usually until around 2am.

Room service

As well as the restaurant menu (available during kitchen opening hours), a selection of comfort foods and snacks such as pasta, sandwiches and toast and Marmite, can be brought to your room between 11am and 11pm.

Hotel bar

The Whitehouse bar has a cosy living-room, with shelves stuffed with travel books, a large chocolate-brown sofa and a fireside snug. It’s un-Devonishly buzzy at weekends. There’s a different house cocktail every day: invariably delicious.

Also worth knowing

Children

Kids are welcome (but not in the restaurant after 6pm); cots (£15) and extra beds (£35, with breakfast) can be added to your room. Babysitting with a local nanny costs £15 an hour.

Weddings

This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…

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