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Article: Antiques: Perfection of the old English tradition; Richard Edmonds visits an historic Cotswolds hotel and drinks in that indefinable Lygon Atmosphere.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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The Lygon Arms has been Broadway's best-known landmark for 500 years.
Nestling in the heart of the Cotswolds, this lavishly beautiful hotel was described a century ago as, 'little less than a palace, tall, majestic, sombre, with a look of romance about it.'
The writer then went on to mention grey stone walls and summer roses, delights still to be found there today and guaranteed to enchant visitors to the Lygon's garden.
But The Lygon Arms, once known as The White Hart when the Civil War was raging, has been many things in its time. Coaches once ...