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Hotel · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow Lodge Hotel
A family-run hotel with 20 rooms in Stow's former rectory of 1763 on the Square, with a restaurant, a bar, gardens and a private car park; no pets.
Parking of its own on the Square, which is rare, and the same family in charge since 1954. No pets, and no children under five.
- Good: Private car park
- Good: Run by the same family since 1954
- Good: Four ground-floor rooms in the coach house
- Worth knowing: No pets
- Worth knowing: Children over five only
- Worth knowing: Closed for about six weeks over Christmas
About
Stow Lodge is a hotel on the Square in Stow-on-the-Wold, beside the churchyard of St Edward's Church. The Reverend Richard Hippisley built it as the rectory in 1763, and it later served as a school. Mr and Mrs Jux bought it in 1954, and their daughter Valerie and her husband David Hartley run it today with their family.
It has 20 rooms across the main house, the coach house and a chalet suite in the grounds, with four ground-floor rooms in the coach house. Most have their own bathroom; rooms 17 and 18 share a private bathroom. There is a restaurant and bar, front and side gardens, free wifi and a private car park, rare on the Square. Breakfast, from 8am to 9.30am, is included unless you book room only, and dinner is served in sittings from 7pm, so book a table ahead.
Children over five are welcome, but pets are not. The hotel closes for about six weeks over Christmas; last winter it reopened on 23 January 2026, and dates for the coming winter were not published when we checked. Book direct for two nights or more for an extra discount.
Opening hours and season
Closes for about six weeks over Christmas. Last season it closed after 15 December 2025 and reopened on 23 January 2026; dates for winter 2026 to 2027 were not published when we checked.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 20
- Check-in
- From 2pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Parking · Wi-Fi
- History
- Built in 1763 as the rectory; the Jux and Hartley family's since 1954
- Parking
- Private car park at the hotel.
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Huffkins, Stow-on-the-Wold 0.0 km away
- The Old Stocks Inn 0.1 km away
- The Kings Arms, Stow 0.1 km away
- Red Rag Gallery 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
Sight · Historic building · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Edward's is Stow-on-the-Wold's Grade I parish church, beside the Market Square, with a fifteenth-century tower seen across the wold and a north door framed by two yews. Royalist prisoners were held inside after the battle of 1646. Open daily.
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Monument · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow's market cross stands in the southern half of the Market Square: a medieval calvary and socket stone, probably of the fourteenth century, carrying a shaft and lantern head restored in 1878 and again in 1995, when its four carved panels were restored. Grade II and scheduled.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.