STANWELL HOUSE
Impeccable boutique style on the edge of the New Forest
SWATHES OF VELVETS and sumptuous silks draping four-poster beds, a negligent negligee left on plump pillows, a half-sipped glass of champagne to one side... the bedrooms of Stanwell House – a terrific little Georgian hotel in seafaring Lymington – tell their own tales of stolen weekends.
The rich ripe colours of indulgence mark out this very individual hotel set between Lymington’s yacht harbour and the New Forest. With its bare board and York stone floors, vibrant jewel shades, antique and bric-a-brac laden shelves and candlelit dining room, this smart boutique hotel has all you need for a seaside adventure à deux. There’s even an old walled garden and a couple of suites with private terraces for late-night trysts.
Centrepiece of the hotel is the airy, glass roofed conservatory lounge, with its bare brick walls and rattan chairs – just the place to sip a cappuccino or glass of wine. Yachties and their wives are regulars here, and many not surprisingly decide to forgo a berth on the ocean waves for a night or two in one of Stanwell House’s adorably done-out bedrooms.
Hit the Spot
'Twixt Thomas Hardy country and the sea
Bedtime
Go flamboyantly swagged and smoochy in the vamped-up Georgian surrounds of Room 25
Be Savvy
Rooms are not huge, but impeccably done out
Be Smitten
Boutique comforts to sail into minutes from the Solent
Smoochy surrounds
Bed down in vamped-up Georgian surrounds in the oldest part of the hotel, where rich reds and proud purples are flaunted against ornate gilded mirrors, brass chandeliers, swagged curtains and oak four-posters. Clawfoot baths with shower cloaks and smoochy velvet throws add to the sense of bijou decadence. One room has a wicked purple velvet chaise longue – perfect for those ship’s-captain-and-the-wayward-wench scenarios.
If contemporary cool is more your style, newer rooms have hip-high wood panelling, blond wood timber floors and creamy-white walls, with rugs and leopardskin-look lamps adding splashes of colour. Don’t want to be disturbed? Just place Rolo the fluffy dog mascot outside your door.
Sashay down the curved stone staircase, with its ornate wrought iron balustrade, and you can drape yourselves on velvet covered barstools in the cocktail bar while deciding which of the two restaurants you’ll dine in – the wood-panelled bistro at the rear or Stanwell’s, the chic new fish restaurant. And if you can’t possibly decide you can simply jump on the bed – a huge brocade-covered divan piled with outsize cushions that swaggers across one wall.
It’s a fun place alright – with all the charms of cobble-street Lymington on the doorstep. Head for the harbour, and you can be on the Isle of Wight in half an hour. Head the other way, and you could be in the midst of the New Forest. Or simply head upstairs to your quarters. I reckon I’d vote for the latter.
Stanwell House was reviewed for Room for Romance by Mark MacGee
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MID-WEEK SUPER SAVINGS AT STANWELL HOUSE – South
Book a mid-week stay and save a packet with this fantastic offer at Stanwell House
For a limited time guests can stay Sunday to Thursday for the bargain rate of GBP 70 per person per night. This includes full English breakfast, dinner at either of Stanwell's fabulous restaurants – the French Bistro or seafood restaurant, and a welcome bottle of wine. All this in the super stylish surrounds of this fabulous boutique hotel.
*Select Dinner Bed and Breakfast special offer on our booking pages
The rich ripe colours of indulgence mark out this very individual hotel set between Lymington’s yacht harbour and the New Forest. With its bare board and York stone floors, vibrant jewel shades, antique and bric-a-brac laden shelves and candlelit dining room, this smart boutique hotel has all you need for a seaside adventure à deux. There’s even an old walled garden and a couple of suites with private terraces for late-night trysts.
Centrepiece of the hotel is the airy, glass roofed conservatory lounge, with its bare brick walls and rattan chairs – just the place to sip a cappuccino or glass of wine. Yachties and their wives are regulars here, and many not surprisingly decide to forgo a berth on the ocean waves for a night or two in one of Stanwell House’s adorably done-out bedrooms.
Hit the Spot
'Twixt Thomas Hardy country and the sea
Bedtime
Go flamboyantly swagged and smoochy in the vamped-up Georgian surrounds of Room 25
Be Savvy
Rooms are not huge, but impeccably done out
Be Smitten
Boutique comforts to sail into minutes from the Solent
Smoochy surrounds
Bed down in vamped-up Georgian surrounds in the oldest part of the hotel, where rich reds and proud purples are flaunted against ornate gilded mirrors, brass chandeliers, swagged curtains and oak four-posters. Clawfoot baths with shower cloaks and smoochy velvet throws add to the sense of bijou decadence. One room has a wicked purple velvet chaise longue – perfect for those ship’s-captain-and-the-wayward-wench scenarios.
If contemporary cool is more your style, newer rooms have hip-high wood panelling, blond wood timber floors and creamy-white walls, with rugs and leopardskin-look lamps adding splashes of colour. Don’t want to be disturbed? Just place Rolo the fluffy dog mascot outside your door.
Sashay down the curved stone staircase, with its ornate wrought iron balustrade, and you can drape yourselves on velvet covered barstools in the cocktail bar while deciding which of the two restaurants you’ll dine in – the wood-panelled bistro at the rear or Stanwell’s, the chic new fish restaurant. And if you can’t possibly decide you can simply jump on the bed – a huge brocade-covered divan piled with outsize cushions that swaggers across one wall.
It’s a fun place alright – with all the charms of cobble-street Lymington on the doorstep. Head for the harbour, and you can be on the Isle of Wight in half an hour. Head the other way, and you could be in the midst of the New Forest. Or simply head upstairs to your quarters. I reckon I’d vote for the latter.
Stanwell House was reviewed for Room for Romance by Mark MacGee
________________________________________________________________
MID-WEEK SUPER SAVINGS AT STANWELL HOUSE – South
Book a mid-week stay and save a packet with this fantastic offer at Stanwell House
For a limited time guests can stay Sunday to Thursday for the bargain rate of GBP 70 per person per night. This includes full English breakfast, dinner at either of Stanwell's fabulous restaurants – the French Bistro or seafood restaurant, and a welcome bottle of wine. All this in the super stylish surrounds of this fabulous boutique hotel.
*Select Dinner Bed and Breakfast special offer on our booking pages
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Dining in
Choose your mood – there are two places to eat here. Opening on to the walled garden at the rear, the wood-panelled bistro, with its burgundy walls and oak tables, is the place for informal dining. Bite into deep-fried brie with watercress, apple and walnut salad to start, followed by grilled rib-eye steak with potato wedges, field mushrooms, tomato and herb butter.
Stanwell’s, the hotel’s new fish restaurant, is high on style – pink and purple velvet Regency style chairs, pale wood floors, purple footlights and Baroque-style mirrors – as well as innovative on the culinary front.
Have a guilt-free bit on the side here – a tapas style menu lets you choose from light bites such as rock oysters and battered calamares or more substantial mains such as a monkfish burger with fries or a platter of fruits de mer.
Dining out
The Tollhouse Inn offers traditional pubby surrounds and a good range of real ales.
Where?
Stanwell’s
What’s cooking?
White crabmeat salad with chicory and passion fruit, followed by seafish bouillabaisse and a lemon grass pannacotta with a mango and ginger relish.
Dress the part
You can happily turn on the glitz
Top table?
In a corner away from the comings and goings
See & Do
Hop on board a ferry to Yarmouth for a day trip to the Isle of Wight, or head to Buckler’s Hard, where many of Nelson’s battle ships were built. Henry Vlll’s castle at Hurst Spit near Christchurch is also worth seeing. Lymingon ranks as one of the world’s premier yachting resorts, so it’s a place to don your deck shoes and get on the water. It’s also on the doorstep of the New Forest, with its villages and wild ponies.
Shop
Snap up sailing gear, swimmies and all things sporty here.
After dark
Get yourselves invited to bash at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Failing that, rub shoulders with the yachties at pubs along the High Street.
Dates
August
See the Solent alight with coloured sails in Skandia Cowes Week – the biggest event in the sailing calendar.
Choose your mood – there are two places to eat here. Opening on to the walled garden at the rear, the wood-panelled bistro, with its burgundy walls and oak tables, is the place for informal dining. Bite into deep-fried brie with watercress, apple and walnut salad to start, followed by grilled rib-eye steak with potato wedges, field mushrooms, tomato and herb butter.
Stanwell’s, the hotel’s new fish restaurant, is high on style – pink and purple velvet Regency style chairs, pale wood floors, purple footlights and Baroque-style mirrors – as well as innovative on the culinary front.
Have a guilt-free bit on the side here – a tapas style menu lets you choose from light bites such as rock oysters and battered calamares or more substantial mains such as a monkfish burger with fries or a platter of fruits de mer.
Dining out
The Tollhouse Inn offers traditional pubby surrounds and a good range of real ales.
Where?
Stanwell’s
What’s cooking?
White crabmeat salad with chicory and passion fruit, followed by seafish bouillabaisse and a lemon grass pannacotta with a mango and ginger relish.
Dress the part
You can happily turn on the glitz
Top table?
In a corner away from the comings and goings
See & Do
Hop on board a ferry to Yarmouth for a day trip to the Isle of Wight, or head to Buckler’s Hard, where many of Nelson’s battle ships were built. Henry Vlll’s castle at Hurst Spit near Christchurch is also worth seeing. Lymingon ranks as one of the world’s premier yachting resorts, so it’s a place to don your deck shoes and get on the water. It’s also on the doorstep of the New Forest, with its villages and wild ponies.
Shop
Snap up sailing gear, swimmies and all things sporty here.
After dark
Get yourselves invited to bash at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Failing that, rub shoulders with the yachties at pubs along the High Street.
Dates
August
See the Solent alight with coloured sails in Skandia Cowes Week – the biggest event in the sailing calendar.
GETTING THERE
Location
High Street, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 9AA
Parking
No guest parking, but there is a long stay car park close by – around GBP 5 per day.
Trains
Lymington and Brockenhurst stations – both are minutes away.
Taxis
Lymington train station is within walking distance. Free pick-ups can be arranged from Lymington or Brockenhurst stations with advance notice.
Airport
Southampton – 15 miles
Rooms and suites
24 rooms and 5 suites
Special features
All rooms have digital flat-screen TV, hospitality trays and Molton Brown bath products. Georgian and four-poster rooms are in the oldest part of the hotel.
Also…
Two of the suites have a roof terrace, while another has a private terrace overlooking the garden.
ESSENTIAL INFO
Rates guide
GBP 135 - 195
Open/closed
Open all year
Check-in
2pm
Check-out
11am
Minimum night stay?
No
Breakfast
Breakfast is served until 10am. Menus feature Fairtrade teas and coffees.
Room service
Room service is available from midday to 10pm.
Children
Welcome
Pets
Well behaved dogs welcome
Air conditioning
No
Languages
English and most major European languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese etc)
Wedding license?
Yes. Receptions without a marquee can cater for up to 70 seated, or 100 buffet-style.
Your contacts
Robert Milton and Victoria Crowe – owners
Location
High Street, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 9AA
Parking
No guest parking, but there is a long stay car park close by – around GBP 5 per day.
Trains
Lymington and Brockenhurst stations – both are minutes away.
Taxis
Lymington train station is within walking distance. Free pick-ups can be arranged from Lymington or Brockenhurst stations with advance notice.
Airport
Southampton – 15 miles
Rooms and suites
24 rooms and 5 suites
Special features
All rooms have digital flat-screen TV, hospitality trays and Molton Brown bath products. Georgian and four-poster rooms are in the oldest part of the hotel.
Also…
Two of the suites have a roof terrace, while another has a private terrace overlooking the garden.
ESSENTIAL INFO
Rates guide
GBP 135 - 195
Open/closed
Open all year
Check-in
2pm
Check-out
11am
Minimum night stay?
No
Breakfast
Breakfast is served until 10am. Menus feature Fairtrade teas and coffees.
Room service
Room service is available from midday to 10pm.
Children
Welcome
Pets
Well behaved dogs welcome
Air conditioning
No
Languages
English and most major European languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese etc)
Wedding license?
Yes. Receptions without a marquee can cater for up to 70 seated, or 100 buffet-style.
Your contacts
Robert Milton and Victoria Crowe – owners
