Sarah Lessler
For equestrian travelers seeking a countryside escape, Dormy House pairs 17th-century charm with modern luxury in the heart of England’s Cotswolds — with some of the best horse country in the region just outside its door.
High above the honey-stone village of Broadway, on a 500-acre estate overlooking the rolling Cotswold escarpment, sits Dormy House, a 17th-century farmhouse that has been quietly reinvented as one of England’s most beloved country-house hotels. Stone walls, low-beamed ceilings, and crackling fireplaces hint at the building’s farming origins, while interiors layered in tweed, velvet, and unexpected pops of color give the property a fresh, contemporary heart.
The hotel offers 38 rooms, suites, and snug bolt-holes, ranging from traditional bedrooms in the original farmhouse to private treehouses and shepherds’ huts tucked across the estate. The award-winning House Spa unfolds across an indoor-outdoor footprint, featuring a serene pool, a terrace hot tub, and a Scandi-style thermal suite.
The Back Garden delivers polished, occasion-worthy dining, while MO serves a theatrical chef’s-table tasting menu that has become one of the Cotswolds’ best-kept secrets. For lighter moments, a cellar bar and lounge invite long evenings beside the fire.
Beyond the hotel, the estate opens onto a true horse-country playground. Riders can saddle up with local livery yards for hacks across the Cotswold ridge, while non-equestrians have an 18-hole golf course next door, miles of footpaths, fishing on the estate lakes, and the picture-book villages of Broadway and Chipping Campden within easy reach. After a long day outdoors, the firelit snug beckons — a glass of something local in hand, the dogs of the estate asleep at your feet, and the whole green sweep of England framed in the window.
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