Cedars

The Cedars was built in the 1830s in classical style as an upper-class private house. The novelist E Phillips Openheim lived here; a later resident was a director of Liberty Shoes. It became a hotel in 1937-1938 and the two side wings were added at this time. Was run by Ansells for some years; now part of a small pub chain King Henry's Taverns. The interior is nicely refurbished with two rooms. On the left is a large carpeted bar with sports TV. On the right is a lounge, extended to dining areas down steps. At the back is a delightful patio and sunken garden with big trees, rockeries and a fish-pond, which is fed from a waterfall under a footbridge. A modern family-dining extension rear-right has panoramic windows overlooking the pond. Food all day from an extensive menu, and many of the meals are keenly priced.