The Clive Bar and Restaurant with Rooms

An 18th-century farmhouse on an aristocratic estate that was once home to Robert Clive (as in India), his namesake is now a restaurant with rooms, the rooms located in the old outbuildings. Exposed stonework and hefty beams retain the charming period feel, although the décor in the dining room is decidedly up to date, with terracotta-coloured walls and undressed light wood tables. Menus offer an extensive range of choice, plying the brasserie idiom for such dishes as salmon and crayfish mousse in prawn and brandy sauce, to be followed perhaps by Barbary duck breast with truffled potatoes, braised endive and beetroot sauce. Finish up with one of the pleasing traditional puddings, such as sticky ginger with toffee sauce and crème anglaise.