The Great House is a luxury award winning boutique hotel in the centre of historic village of Lavenham that offers some of the best food in Suffolk. The restaurant offers modern French cooking with a twist that highlights the flavours of the seasonal ingredients used.
It’s been called ‘one of the best restaurants in England’ by The Sunday Times; has won the 2016 AA Inspectors Choice Gold awards, has 3 AA rosettes and is The Good Hotel Guide Editor’s Choice 2015 award for Gourmet Hotels.
The Great House is a very authentic English country house dating from the 15th century with a Georgian facade, with polished floorboards and oak beams. Once owned by the renowned photographer and artist, Humphrey Spender (1935 – 1945) and the writer Christopher Bush (1953 – 1973) known for his legendary detective novels featuring investigator Ludovic Travers.
The restaurant offers modern French cooking with a twist that highlights the flavours of the seasonal ingredients used. In the paved patio, you can enjoy lunch, dinner and even breakfast if you choose to stay overnight.
The five bedrooms, each with its ensuite bathroom and four with seating or a separate lounge are light and elegant still retaining the wonderful charm of the house.
The perfect place to stay, dine and relax in Suffolk.
Three AA Rosettes
AA Gold Award & Inspectors' choice Award 2017
One of Britain’s best romantic hotels – The Daily Mail Feb 2016
The Good Hotel Guide Editor’s Choice 2015 awards for Gourmet Hotels
Fabulous Food Award Winner 2015 - Sawday's British Hotels
The Great House Restaurnt and Hotel
The Great House Restaurant in Lavenham
Four Poster bedroom at The Great House
The Grand Room at The Great House in Lavenham
Kitchen prep at The Great House in Lavenham
Service at The Great House
Details in Bathroom at The Great House in Lavenham
Free range chicken and Suffolk black truffles
Medieval village of Lavenham in Suffolk
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