At the Sign of the Angel

Description

In the 15th century, a wool merchant built a house for his family in the Wiltshire village of Lacock; today, the oak-panelled lounge At The Sign of The Angel reflects the warmth of his family home. The beautiful old staircase looks down on a courtyard and gardens, and crackling log fires, squeaky floorboards and oak panels and beams add up to a quintessential English inn. Since 1953, the Levis family has run this remarkable hotel with enthusiasm and friendship. The restaurant is renowned for traditional English cooking. Breakfasts feature the inn’s own eggs, locally-cured bacon, homemade bread and Mrs Levis’ marmalade. Lunch and dinner concentrate on traditional roasts, fish fresh from Cornwall and herbs, vegetables and asparagus from the kitchen garden. All the puddings are made on the premises.

Lacock is the archetypal English village, with winding streets, Gothic-arched grey-stone houses and half-timbered cottages. William Fox-Talbot, maker of the world’s first photographic prints in 1833, lived here, and his house is now a world-famous museum of photography.

The Roman city of Bath, as well as Stonehenge and Avebury, are within 40 minutes’ drive, as are historic houses in Wiltshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire and the cathedral cities of Salisbury and Wells.

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