Stanwell House - At A Glance

Know It All

Hit the Spot
'Twixt Thomas Hardy country and the sea.

Be Savvy
Rooms are not huge, but well thought out.

Be Smitten
Boutique comforts to sail into minutes from the Solent.

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Rooms and suites
23 rooms and 4 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.

Pillow Talk
Go swagged and smoochy in the vamped-up Georgian surrounds of Room 25.

Eat & Drink

Dining in
Choose your mood – there are two places to eat here. Opening on to the walled garden at the rear, the Bistro is the place for informal dining. Bite into deep-fried brie with watercress, apple and walnut salad to start, followed by rib-eye steak with potato wedges, field mushrooms and herb butter.

Seafood at Stanwell’s, the hotel’s fish restaurant, is high on style as well as innovative on the culinary front. It specialises in fresh-landed fish and seafood.

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 at the bar or more substantial mains such as a monkfish burger with fries or a platter of fruits de mer in the Bistro overlooking the terrace. Start your night with a cocktail in the Drydock, the hotel's bar.

Breakfast
Breakfast is served until 10am. Menus feature Fairtrade teas and coffees.

Room service
Room service is available from midday to 10pm.

See & Do

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. Your hosts at Stanwell House can also arrange yacht charters for a fun day out on the Solent, complete with skipper.

Diary Dates
August
See the Solent alight with coloured sails in Skandia Cowes Week – the biggest event in the sailing calendar.