Next door to the church in a tiny village in a valley between Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham, 2 kilometers south of Broadway, this hotel is more upscale and private than the Lygon Arms, and its more formal traditional bearing is maintained by its no-keys, jacket-and-tie policy overseen by its long-tenured general manager.
He survived the recent change in ownership when this historic manor was snapped up by Andrew and Christina Brownsword, owners of Bath Priory, in the wake of the Von Esse...