It was my birthday two days before Christmas and my other half had told me he'd booked a night in a hotel. This was a total surprise to me as it was so close to Christmas day itself, but we ended up staying at Langtry Manor.

Langtry Manor is an Edwardian themed hotel, with staff appropriately dressed to give the air of the times, as well as furnishings and rooms keeping in with the same theme.
The hotel itself was built in 1877 by Edward VII for his lover, Lillie Langtry. It was bought by its present owners thirty years ago.
The hotel itself has been featured on TV a few times now, one of which was during a visit by the Hotel Inspector. More about this and the history of the hotel can be learnt by visiting the hotel's website.

On first arrival, despite it being dark, we could see the beauty of the hotel. It stands very grandly in it's grounds, slightly away from the main road, all it's lights twinkling making it very appealing to enter.
We made our way straight to the reception which as I mentioned is based in the Manor building. Reception is based directly inside the entrance, which was very warm and cosy. A friendly receptionist greeted us with a smile, and almost knew who we were straight away. I hope this didn't have anything to do with us arriving later than planned.
We were instantly asked to fill in the registration card, stating our car registration number etc, and given our key. As we were staying in the Lodge building, we had a separate key to let ourselves into the main building as well as our room. (Very handy for a late return to the hotel should we wanted that).
Our case was swiftly taken from us and we were taken to our room by another very friendly member of staff.

The hotel comprises of six suites which can include their own lounge rooms attached. Needless to say we couldn't afford these rooms as they charged top prices. There are also 14 Master bedrooms in the Manor. The hotel states these are all decorated individually with no two rooms being the same. It would have been impossible to nose round all of them but would have been nice.
The Lodge hosts another two suites, one being on the ground floor and apparently very suitable for disabled guests, but again I can't personally comment on this aspect. There is also a conservatory room and access to the garden area which is separate to what the Manor has to offer.
There are also approximately another ten rooms in the Lodge situated on two floors. Ours was on the first floor.

We had been invited over to the bar for Christmas drinks but we declined this option as we already had dinner arrangements. Being a Saturday night, the theme in the restaurant was an Edwardian banquet. The hotel really goes to town during these and despite not having attended one myself, I have heard about them via friends etc. It's just not my personal choice, especially on birthday night.

The reason we booked the Jacuzzi room was so we could try it out of course, and it was a lovely sized bath with plenty of room for two. There were the obvious safety notices around which was a good idea as neither one of us had any idea on how to operate the controls.
The overhead shower attached to the bath wasn't working which was slightly disappointing, as were another couple of controls on the system. It didn't stop us enjoying our Jacuzzi.

Overall for the price we paid of £89 per person per night, we wouldn't choose to stay here again. This is purely because it wasn't exactly what we expected it to be. However saying that it was a very pleasant stay with super lovely staff.