The Olde Bell Inn Hurley Berkshire England. Photo:Jeff Gilbert
Created by Ilse Crawford (portfolio includes Soho House New York, Cecconis, Grand Hotel Stockholm and more), 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; like a family of individuals, as opposed to an identikit roll out. The Olde Bell has had a brightly coloured past, from the site of a plot to overthrow the monarchy, to housing meetings involving Churchill and Eisenhower, to being a regular spot for movie stars such as Elizabeth Taylor. Through-out its life however, it has consistently been a public house for locals and travellers alike. To read more of the history of The Olde Bell by a local historian, Mary Howarth.
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Location: The Olde Bell Inne, Hurley, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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