Hotel · Upper Slaughter
Lords of the Manor
A country house hotel with 25 bedrooms in eight acres of grounds in Upper Slaughter, in a house it dates to 1649, with dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · EV charging · Wedding venues
Twenty-five bedrooms in eight acres at Upper Slaughter, with a four-Rosette tasting menu and room for dogs on the ground floor.
- Good: Four AA Rosettes for the Atrium's ten-course dinner
- Good: Dogs in ground-floor rooms, the lounges and the bar, £30 a night
- Good: Six EV chargers, paid through the Monta app
- Good: Three-course set lunch £35 in the Dining Room
- Worth knowing: No lift, and no dogs in the restaurants
- Worth knowing: No public transport to the door; book taxis ahead
About
Lords of the Manor is a country house hotel in Upper Slaughter with 25 bedrooms and eight acres of lawns and gardens, which the hotel says take in an orchard, flower gardens and a lake. The hotel dates the house to 1649. The walk from Lower Slaughter along the Eye ends in the village.
It is known for its food. The Atrium serves a ten-course dinner at a single 6.45pm sitting, Wednesday to Sunday, at £130 a head, from head chef Charles Smith, and holds four AA Rosettes; the Dining Room is the less formal choice, open for lunch and dinner every day, with a three-course set lunch at £35 and a three-course Sunday lunch. Afternoon tea is served every day. The hotel holds four AA stars and has an AA Notable Wine List.
Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by 11am, as listed on hotel.info. Bedrooms come in five grades, none taking more than two adults, though a rollaway bed for a child can be added in the Cotswold and Lords bedrooms for £75 a night. Dogs stay in ground-floor rooms for £30 a night and are welcome in the lounges and bar, but not the restaurants. There is no lift. There is parking behind the hotel, listed on hotel.info as free, with six EV chargers, and the hotel hosts weddings and exclusive-use parties. Without a car, book a taxi well ahead.
Opening hours and season
Atrium: one sitting at 6.45pm, Wednesday to Sunday, £130 a head. Afternoon tea Mon to Sat 12 to 4.30, Sun 2.15 to 4.30; £35, cream tea £14.50.
The details
- Food
- Fine dining · Modern British
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 25
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Private dining · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Parking · Events and meetings
- Awards
- Four AA stars
- Four AA Rosettes
- AA Notable Wine List
- Good Food Guide
- History
- House dating from 1649
- Parking
- Parking behind the hotel, or valet parking from the front door. Six EV chargers, paid through the Monta app.
- Without a car
- No direct public transport and no taxi ranks at local stations; book a taxi in advance.
Photos
The grounds 
A bedroom 
A bedroom 
Sunday lunch
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Slaughters Country Inn 1.0 km away
- The Slaughters Manor House 1.3 km away
- Holly House 2.1 km away
- The Mousetrap Inn 2.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Clapper bridge, Lower Harford
Sight · Bridge · Naunton
The clapper bridge at Lower Harford Farm near Naunton is a low bridge of limestone blocks laid flat on stone piers across the Windrush, of the eighteenth century or earlier: a rare survival here of a kind of bridge more often found in upland country. Grade II.
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Lower Harford deserted village
Sight · Monument · Naunton
Lower Harford is a lost medieval village by the River Windrush near Naunton: house platforms beside a hollow way, terraces and water channels in a field. Seven people were recorded here in 1086 and two in 1327, and by 1341 it was largely deserted. A scheduled monument.
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Manor House, Upper Slaughter
Sight · Historic building · Upper Slaughter
Upper Slaughter's Elizabethan manor house, Grade I, home of the Slaughter family until 1741: gabled Cotswold stone over a fifteenth-century vaulted basement, with a two-storey porch of the early seventeenth century covered in fretwork. A private house, seen from the lane.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Slaughter
Sight · Church · Lower Slaughter
Lower Slaughter's church, almost entirely rebuilt in 1867 for the Whitmore family, lords of the manor, but keeping a north arcade of around 1200, with a broad spire behind a pierced parapet. Grade II*; open, with a ramp.