The re-invention of the traditional English Inn; The Olde Bell is not a hotel where the rooms dominate, but where the common spaces are the heartbeat of the place. The buildings function almost like a village in itself; the main building for the overnight guests and locals, and the auxiliary buildings for private gatherings. The Inns are engagingly English; we are like a family of individuals, as opposed to an identikit roll out.

'The traveller arriving after dark would be able to find wine and warmth. Mine hoste's fires glowed and roared, his table was stocked with joints of equal size and succulence, his pewter sparkled and everybody seemed to be at the summit of health, heartiness and happiness.' 'Legacy of an England', Brian Cook, Batsford