Inn · Shipston-on-Stour
The Bower House
A restaurant with five bedrooms in a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse on Market Place, Shipston-on-Stour, with a family suite that has a bunk room for two children.
Family-friendly
Five well-dressed rooms over a proper restaurant in the middle of Shipston, the best place in town for a weekend of eating well. Plan around the kitchen: it is closed on Monday and Tuesday, and parking is in the town's free car parks rather than at the door.
- Good: Five rooms, each with a super-king or king bed and a bath
- Good: The Bay Room becomes a family suite with a bunk room for two children
- Good: Restaurant and bar downstairs; book a room on its own booking page
- Worth knowing: Restaurant and bar closed on Monday and Tuesday
- Worth knowing: No parking of its own
- Worth knowing: Bedrooms are upstairs; the site mentions no lift
About
The Bower House is a restaurant with rooms in a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse on Market Place, in the middle of Shipston-on-Stour. The restaurant and bar take the ground floor, and the five bedrooms are upstairs.
Three rooms look over the square through the original Georgian windows: the Pink and Blue rooms, each with a super-king bed and a cast-iron bath, and the Bay Room, with a four-poster and a window seat. The Rooftop Room looks across the roofs to the church tower, and the Cosy Room is at the quieter back of the house. The Pink, Blue and Rooftop rooms have tea and coffee and a bar tray of local spirits, and the Cosy Room an in-room bar tray. Opened up with a small bunk room, up a few steps, with a built-in cabin bed, the Bay Room becomes a family suite for two adults and two children. Its Expedia listing gives check-in from 3pm to 10pm and check-out by 11am, and both Expedia and Trip.com say pets are not allowed. Neither lists a lift, and the bedrooms are upstairs, so ask the house about stairs before you book.
The kitchen serves lunch and dinner from Wednesday to Saturday, breakfast at weekends and Sunday lunch, and the restaurant is closed on Monday and Tuesday, so a stay early in the week means eating elsewhere in town on those nights. The bar opens from 11am on Wednesday to Friday, 9am on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday. There is no car park; the district council's free Bridge and Mill Street car parks, off Mill Street, allow up to 72 hours and are a short walk away. The Shipston, Burmington and Barcheston walk starts from the town and follows the Stour.
The details
- Rooms
- 5
- Check-in
- 3pm to 10pm (Expedia listing)
- Check-out
- By 11am (Expedia and Trip.com listings)
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Family rooms · Private dining · Events and meetings
- History
- Georgian townhouse, listed Grade II
- Parking
- None on site. The district council's free Bridge and Mill Street car parks (both off Mill Street, CV36 4AW, up to 72 hours) are a short walk away.
- Without a car
- Moreton-in-Marsh station is about 7 miles (11km), roughly a 10-minute drive.
Photos
The Pink Room 
A bedroom 
The bar 
From the kitchen
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The George Townhouse 0.0 km away
- Mrs Browns Tea Rooms 0.0 km away
- The White Bear 0.0 km away
- The Black Horse and Thai Kitchen 0.3 km away
Sights nearby
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St Edmund's Church, Shipston-on-Stour
Sight · Church · Shipston-on-Stour
St Edmund's is the parish church of Shipston-on-Stour, on Church Street: a fifteenth-century west tower with the rest rebuilt by G E Street in 1855. Inside are a sedilia, a stone pulpit and a bust of John Hart, a promoter of the town's trade. Grade II*; open through the week.
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St Martin's Church, Barcheston
Sight · Church · Shipston-on-Stour
St Martin's Church in Barcheston, half a mile south-east of Shipston-on-Stour, is a small stone church of about 1200 with a leaning medieval tower, a Norman south doorway and the alabaster tomb of William Willington, wool merchant, and his wife Anne. Grade II*.