With thick stone walls, mullioned windows, ancient beams
and inglenook fireplaces, Bridge House Hotel is the quintessential English
home from home where there’s time to relax and be waited on without fuss
or hurry by friendly attentive staff, who have an enviable reputation for
warmth and hospitality. The hotel has received accolades from many leading
guides testifying to it's reputation.
At the heart of the hotel is its acclaimed restaurant, where you’ll
find a rare blend of ancient and modern cooking, using meat and fish from
local farms and fishing ports wherever possible, and all beautifully presented.
Whether taking a light lunch in the conservatory overlooking the garden,
enjoying a candle-lit dinner in the Georgian dining room or having a quiet
drink in the cosy bar, the Bridge House Hotel caters for all.
Today, with its beautiful walled garden, the Bridge House Hotel remains
at the heart of Beaminster, one of the most perfectly sited of all Dorset
towns. Deep in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, the hotel now finds itself on the
doorstep of a World Heritage Site - The Jurassic Coast, with its 95 miles
of unspoilt cliffs and beaches, crammed with 185 million years of fossil
history. It joins a select group of globally important natural and cultural
sites from the Great Barrier Reef to the Grand Canyon.
Accommodation - The Bridge House has 14 bedrooms all with private
bathroom, colour television, tea/coffee making facilities and direct-dial
telephone. 5 of the bedrooms are located on the ground floor and have easy
access.
Dining & Local Information - Head chef Linda Paget uses fresh
produce from local farms and fishing ports wherever possible and has a
deft touch in transforming raw ingredients into superb dishes.
The table d’hote menu changes daily, but typical fare might include
pan seared fresh scallops from the local port of West Bay served with a
mango and chilli salsa for starters or a house speciality, stunning foie
gras imported directly from the Bachelier farm in the Chavenat region of
France.
Choices for main course dishes include the hotel's acclaimed confit
of duck with a black cherry sauce or a trio of red mullet, wild sea bass
and bream served with a tomato and lemon dressing. Another Bridge House
favourite is our organic medallions of pork served with fresh figs and
stilton sauce.
Facilities & Activities - The bar is one of the oldest
rooms at the Bridge House dating back to the 13th Century. It’s hard to
imagine that the oak beams and inglenook fireplaces were built at the time
when Edward I was constructing mighty castles throughout England and Wales.
It’s even more amazing to think that the Bridge House has survived three
devastating fires in Beaminster, the first deliberately set by occupying
Royalist forces during the English Civil War and then twice again in 1684
and 1781, making it one of just a handful of Medieval buildings to survive.
Conference & Meeting - The Sun Room has a maximum seating
capacity of 20 theatre style, 16 board room style and 10 persons in a U-shape.
Bridge House Hotel
Dorset 
