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Hotel · Malmesbury
Pettifers
A dog-friendly bed and breakfast hotel at Crudwell, near Malmesbury, with 18 rooms in the main building and a courtyard, walled gardens and a two-bedroom cottage next door.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Proudly dog-friendly, with walled gardens, ground-floor courtyard rooms and a self-catering cottage next door. Plan to eat dinner at one of the two places within a short walk.
- Good: Dogs of all sizes in selected rooms, £10 a night each
- Good: Two ground-floor rooms with wheel-in wet-room showers
- Good: Free parking in three car parks
- Worth knowing: Reception 9am to 5pm; arrange a late check-in in advance
- Worth knowing: Steps into the lounge bar and the dining room
About
Pettifers is a bed and breakfast hotel on the A429 at Crudwell, north of Malmesbury. The house, once called Mayfield House, was home from 1889 to 1965 to the Pettifer family's veterinary practice, which held a Royal Warrant from 1911 for a sheep drench; the restaurant was a stable. It has been a hotel since 1965, and the naturalist and broadcaster Julian Pettifer grew up here.
There are 18 en-suite rooms in the main hotel and a courtyard building: classic and large doubles, twins, a single, two sizes of family room for three or four, and ground-floor courtyard doubles, two of them rebuilt with wheel-in wet-room showers. Mayfield Cottage next door is a two-bedroom self-catering cottage with its own parking and courtyard garden. Breakfast, a full Cotswold breakfast, is included. The large walled gardens have a terrace, and croquet in the warmer months; the whole hotel can be hired for weddings and groups.
Well-behaved dogs of any size stay in selected rooms for £10 each a night, on a lead inside and in the grounds, and may join guests in parts of the lounge, bar and snug, though not the Garden Room. The Potting Shed pub and the Rectory Hotel are a short walk away for dinner. Westonbirt Arboretum is about 10 miles away by road, with our walk through Silk Wood.
Opening hours and season
Reception
| Monday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
Breakfast
| Monday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Wednesday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Thursday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Friday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 10:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 10:00 |
Full Cotswold breakfast, included in the room rate.
Evening food unconfirmed: the contact page lists a kitchen 5.30pm to 9pm, but the food page sends guests to the Potting Shed (40m) and the Rectory Hotel (60m).
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast
- Rooms
- 18
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Bar · Family rooms · Accessible rooms · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Parking
- History
- The Pettifer family's veterinary practice from 1889 to 1965; a hotel since 1965
- Parking
- Three free car parks on site; accessible parking on request.
- Without a car
- Kemble station is about 4 miles away by road and Swindon station about 17 miles.
Location
Accessibility
- Parking within 50 metres
Two ground-floor courtyard rooms rebuilt for disabled guests, with wheel-in wet-room showers. Level route from accessible parking within 6m of the entrance. 200mm steps into the lounge bar and towards the restaurant; two small steps into the dining room, with a ramp on request. No hoist; shower chairs and toilet supports on request.
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Rectory Hotel 0.1 km away
- The Trouble House 4.8 km away
- Rodmarton Manor 4.9 km away
- The Tavern Inn, Kemble 5.4 km away
Sights nearby
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St James's Church, Ashley
Sight · Church · Tetbury
The small Norman parish church of Ashley, a village north-east of Tetbury, with a south doorway carved in dogtooth and horseshoe patterns, an Early English arcade and fine eighteenth-century wall tablets. Grade II*; on the Tetbury and Ashley walk.