A BOUTIQUE country house hotel on the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire border has been acclaimed the best hotel in the UK.

The eight bedroom Foxhill Manor near Broadway has won The Sunday Times Hotel of the Year 2015, only seven months after its launch as a private house hotel.

Steve Bleach, editor of The Sunday Times travel section and one of the judges, said: "Foxhill Manor is absolutely the most romantic hotel I have ever stayed in. It is worth every penny and is subtly, seductively different from any hotel I’ve stayed in before.”

Foxhill Manor is on the same 400-acre private Farncombe estate as the boutique hotel and spa Dormy House and The Fish, the estate’s budget boutique offering and most recent opening. All three hotels were included in the Sunday Times Ultimate 100 British Hotels 2015 – Dormy House in the spa category and The Fish in the family section.

Andrew Grahame, chief executive of Farncombe Estate said: “This is a wonderful recognition for everyone involved in all three hotels across the estate and we could not be more thrilled. But a huge well done has to go to our outstanding Foxhill Manor team; their dedication and passion to provide the best possible levels of service for our guests. 2015 has been a great year for Foxhill Manor and for Farncombe and I am even more excited about all we have in store for 2016.”

Built in 1909, Foxhill Manor is a Grade II listed Arts and Crafts manor house. During its conversion to a hotel careful consideration into the interior design has ensured all that is best about the original house – the Cotswold stone, sweeping staircase, mullion windows and open log fires – has been kept. There are no set menus or meal times. The hotel's ethos is whatever guests want, wherever they want it: a four-course gourmet experience in the dining room, a burger and chips in the movie room or club sandwich in their bedroom. t caters for only 16 guests