Tasburgh House Hotel
Tasburgh House Hotel is a hotel in Bath, Somerset, England.[1][2]
Tasburgh House was built in 1890 by John Berryman. Although Bath was being built exclusively of honey-coloured Bath Stone because of Berryman's influential position (he was the Royal Family's official photographer) he was granted permission to build the house with red bricks, which he transported from his hometown of Tasburgh in Norfolk. Tasburgh House was the first and only red-brick-built house in Bath at that time.[2]
The house still stands in its original form and the exterior has not changed significantly. It was converted from three flats into a hotel in 1980 and has been featured twice on the TV series The Hotel Inspector.[3] Since then, extensive refurbishments have taken place, including the addition of three bedrooms and terracing at the rear of the property. The building now operates as a 14 bedroom, five star boutique hotel, ran by proprietor Susan Keeling and general manager Grant Atkinson. In 2015 the hotel won 'Best UK Luxury Guest House' in the World Hotel Awards.
References
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- ^ a b Burt, Paddy (30 October 2000). "Paddy Burt: The Tasburgh House Hotel in Bath, Somerset Paddy Burt stays at the Tasburgh House Hotel near Bath". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Levine, Nick (26 September 2007). "Ruth Watson (interview)". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 March 2010.