Need to know

Rooms

There are just five rooms (three doubles and two singles).

Rates

£65–£125, including breakfast and taxes.

Check-out

11am; earliest check-in, 3pm.

Facilities

Free WiFi, on-site parking. In rooms: flatscreen TV with Freeserve digital channels, free bottled water, king-size beds, tea- and coffee-making facilities, White Company toiletries.

Children

Over-eights are welcome at the hotel, and extra beds can be provided for an additional £18 a night (including breakfast).

Also

Leave your dog at home – pets aren’t allowed at Lower End House.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

Room Five is spacious and striking, and comes with an original-beamed sloping ceiling; there’s also a huge TV that begs movie-watching from bed. Room Three has a spectacular weeping willow-embroidered silk wall feature commissioned from Fromental, as well as cute purple love chairs and a lovely mosaic en suite.

Packing tips

Bring a pair of walking boots – the surrounding countryside is far too beautiful to resist.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Though there’s no restaurant at Lower End House, the boutique B&B is right opposite the Eckington Manor Cookery School, run by chef Dean Cole. Evening meals for groups can be arranged in advance, and supper trays can also be organised. Breakfast includes homemade, homegrown everything – from muesli, bread, preserves and marmalade to tasty eggs. Much of the meat is from the farm itself.

Dress code

Whatever you like, with an apron thrown on top. There are wellies to borrow (as originally sported by the cast of The Apprentice who filmed here).

Top table

There’s a communal dining table in the house.

Last orders

Breakfast is served in the cookery-school dining room till 9am in the week, and till 9.30am at the weekend. The bar area is open from 6.30pm to when the last guest heads up to bed.

Room service

Officially, room service is not available, though we’re sure that staff will rustle up a snack for you if you give them enough warning.

Hotel bar

Lower End House is fully licensed, and there’s an informal bar area, complete with cosy wood-burning stove, in the large main hall. Guests can help themselves from the fully stocked honesty bar.

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Lower End House

Manor Road, Eckington, Worcestershire