Hotel · Malmesbury
The Rectory Hotel
A hotel in an early 18th-century rectory at Crudwell, near Malmesbury, with 15 rooms in the house, a three-bedroom garden cottage and a heated outdoor pool in summer.
A summer choice, with a heated pool from May to October and breakfast on the lawn. The Potting Shed, its sister pub, is across the road for a simpler supper.
- Good: Heated outdoor pool, May to October
- Good: Walled gardens with a lily pond and a 13th-century dovecote
- Good: Sister pub, the Potting Shed, across the road
- Worth knowing: Rooms from £170 a night; the biggest from £340
About
The Rectory is a hotel at Crudwell, about 4 miles north of Malmesbury, in the former rectory of All Saints' Church. The house dates from the early 18th century and is Grade II listed; it was built large to hold a rector's fourteen children and was once called Crudwell Court. The walled gardens have lawns, roses, lavender, a lily pond and a Grade II listed dovecote, probably of the late 13th century.
There are 18 bedrooms: 15 in the house, from the Little One at £170 to the Biggest Room with a four-poster at £340, and a three-bedroom cottage in the garden from £680 for families or friends. Every room has goose-down bedding and wifi. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by 11am, and the cottage takes bookings of two nights or more. Dogs stay only in rooms booked as dog rooms; they are welcome in the reception lounge, drawing room and bar and, on a lead, by the pool, but not in the restaurant or the glasshouse. The bedrooms are on the upper floors and there is no lift.
Breakfast is served in the glasshouse, or on the lawn in warm weather. The restaurant serves dinner every evening from 6.30pm, and there is a bar. The heated outdoor pool opens from May to October, which makes this most appealing in summer. For pub food and ales, its sister pub, the Potting Shed, is across the road; the hotel asks guests to take care crossing.
Opening hours and season
Restaurant
| Monday | 18:30 to 21:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 18:30 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 18:30 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 18:30 to 21:00 |
Dinner hours. Lunch is served from 12 to 2.30pm, and Sunday lunch from 12 to 4pm; the hotel does not list which weekdays it serves lunch.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Rooms
- 18
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am; ask for a later check-out
- Minimum stay
- Cottage two nights.
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Swimming pool · Garden or terrace · Wi-Fi · Events and meetings
- History
- Early 18th-century rectory, Grade II listed
- Parking
- A hotel car park, with a second car park at the Potting Shed across the road. The hotel cannot promise a space on arrival, as it can be busy at lunch; it tends to empty towards check-in at 3pm.
Photos
The pool 
The sitting room 
A bedroom 
The restaurant
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Pettifers 0.1 km away
- The Trouble House 4.8 km away
- Rodmarton Manor 4.8 km away
- The Tavern Inn, Kemble 5.3 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.