Kentisbury Grange

About Kentisbury Grange

Kentisbury Grange sits in mature grounds on the western edge of the national park, a few miles inland from Combe Martin and about twenty minutes from Barnstaple. The Victorian manor house holds the reception rooms and a handful of traditional bedrooms, while most guests stay in the contemporary garden suites arranged around the lawns, which are considerably more modern in feel than the exterior suggests.

Rooms are designed with some flair, with underfloor heating, walk-in showers or roll-top baths, coffee machines and doors opening onto private terraces. Several are dog friendly, and the layout suits couples wanting privacy rather than families needing connecting rooms.

The Coach House restaurant is the reason many people book, serving modern British cooking built on north Devon produce and open to non-residents for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. The hotel has collected Devon Tourism Awards for both its restaurant and its accommodation. As a base it works best for the coastal north-west of Exmoor, with Woolacombe and Croyde beaches half an hour away, the Valley of Rocks and Lynton about the same, and the moorland interior around Simonsbath a scenic forty minutes across the top.