A LUXURIOUS hotel and spa in the Cotswolds has scooped two important national awards.

The Dormy House Hotel and Spa on the Farncombe Estate, near Broadway, has been named winning spa hotel in the Sunday Times Ultimate 100 British Hotels, an influential list for travellers at home and abroad.

It comes less than a year after the spa, which launched in February, was opened.

And just days earlier Foxhill Manor, the hotel’s exclusive-use venue, was also one of ten international venues out of 1,000 to win a Prestigious Star Award in London.

Andrew Grahame,Farncombe Estate CEO, said: "I am immensely proud of all the team. These are fabulous achievements and very well deserved.

"To win the Sunday Times Spa category in just six and a half months is quite extraordinary."

The Sunday Times Ultimate list is an annual round-up of Britain’s best hotels, highlighting all that is best in British hospitality.

"Our writers visit hundreds of British hotels a year," said the newspaper. "Many are good. Some are excellent. And some are real discoveries, the sort of place you want to tell your friends about. These are the hotels we’ve included in this special issue."

Praising Dormy House, the newspaper stated: "This 17-century farmhouse… delivers both style and substance.

"The spa interiors are cool and spacious, and the therapists excellent."

Only two nights before, Foxhill Manor was crowned Most Prestigious Birthday Party Venue.

Prestigious Venues represent some of the world’s best locations, including Goodwood, Gleneagles and Richard Branson’s Necker Island.

Farncombe Estate, home of Foxhill Manor, was reviewed and shortlisted by the Prestigious Star Awards panel before going out to a public vote.

Judges called it an "idyllic private estate in the heart of the Cotswolds, perfect for hosting memorable events".

In its category, Foxhill Manor beat international venues such as The Roof Gardens in London, Qualia, a luxury resort on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Albergo Villa Casanova, a 16th century mansion in northern Tuscany.