Our bar is small but stylish, with dark wood floors, mirrored shelves and a shiny steel bar top. The bar area, for both licensing and seating purposes, extends into the main reception hall where we also have an open wood-burning fire. It's because of the limited space, and seating, that we stagger meal times to make sure there is space for everyone to enjoy a pre-prandial drink.

There is a much commented upon collection of embroidered pictures on the far wall of the bar. To many guests' surprise, these were fashioned around the 1900s by soldiers engaged in campaigns abroad. With time on their hands, sometimes because of hospitalisation, they would embroider these commemorative pictures to send home to their families.