Browns Hotel and Wine Bar, 80 West Street, Tavistock, Plymouth, PL19 8AQ Telephone: 01822 618686 Fax: 01822 618646 AA & English Tourism Council 4 Stars
A fine place to dine out, to meet friends and share a drink or have that chic weekend away
Browns Hotel - your four star luxury retreat
Set against the backdrop of the majestic Dartmoor National Park in the ancient market town of Tavistock, this 17th Century Coaching Inn has recently been refashioned into a stylish town house hotel, brasserie and wine bar where pure English elegance mixes easily with the feel of a friendly country house.
Browns is the only four Star Hotel in the region!
Browns offer the corporate client, local resident or discerning Westcountry visitor the highest standards of hospitality, luxurious ensuite rooms, superb food and wine in our prestigious restaurant, and friendly, professional service.
"At last affordable chic in the West!" Mr and Mrs Woodward, Oxfordshire
The information on this website is purely provided as a guide. We reserve the right at any time to change prices, services or offers available.
Browns Hotel - Four Star Luxury
Formerly a very old coaching inn, this is the oldest licensed premises in Tavistock and was rebuilt by the seventh Duke of Bedford on the site of an earlier hostelry. Recently refurbished, Browns is full of charm and is the perfect base for exploring and touring the beautiful countryside and pretty villages of Devon and Cornwall.
Warm and intimate, with just twenty bedrooms, Browns offers relaxed and comfortable accommodation where guests are pampered with attentive service. All rooms are en-suite and are equipped with a television, video and satellite channels, telephone with data port and an electronic safe. Tea and coffee making facilities are included along with a complimentary newspaper.
The courtyard is an ideal setting for relaxing in the sun, with a meal from our superb lunch menu, or while away the hours in our airy conservatory near the fresh water well around which the original coaching inn was built. Over a thousand years ago travellers and monks from the nearby abbey enjoyed refreshment from this well and today its water is provided in bottles.
Browns Hotel - Four Star Luxury
Dining at Browns
In the Brasserie experience a fresh dining concept in a smart of the moment environment, from Morning coffee with cakes and pastries, to a light or full lunch, or the sumptuous menu available from 7.00p.m.All menus are a la carte and are prepared from the finest fresh local ingredients.
Choose from a varied a lively selection of fish, meat and vegetarian dishes An extensive wine cellar with quality wine and champagne by the bottle or glass. Still and sparkling water bottled on the premises and drawn from the hotel's well, believed to date from Roman Times. Renowned Sunday Roast Children are welcome and smaller portions available All major credit cards accepted 4 Star Town house category Our new wine bar is the perfect place to unwind, with plenty of comfortable sofas and roaring log fires in winter.
Browns Hotel - Four Star Luxury
Tavistock
Tavistock, an ancient stannary town, lies in a valley on the edge of the greatest wilderness in southern England. Browns of Tavistock is in the centre of a wealth of little, old fashioned shops and near the thriving pannier market with stalls full of antiques and crafts, foods and flowers. The town is unspoilt, full of charm and famous locally for its annual Goose Fair which sells cattle and poultry and includes a busy market and funfair.
Full of little terraced cottages and the remains of a once important abbey, Tavistock was once the world's major copper producing area. The nearby attraction of Morwellham Quay gives visitors the opportunity to experience a Victorian copper mine and community in operation.
Sir Francis Drake, born in Tavistock, is remembered by a large bronze statue which you pass when entering the town. Lydford Gorge, only a few miles away, provides breathtaking scenery and spectacular walks.
With its underground canal, shopping centre and parks to roam in, Tavistock is full of interest. There are extensive leisure facilities which provide golf, swimming, horse riding, tennis and much more.
Browns Hotel - Four Star Luxury
Surrounding Area
Devon and Cornwall offer a wonderful variety of scenery with rolling hills, rugged tors, pretty villages with thatched cottages, winding, wooded rivers and beautiful sandy beaches.
Dartmoor, with its great tors and wild ponies, offers 365 square miles of peace and solitude, it is a walkers' paradise.
On the south coast of Devon lies the great naval port of Plymouth with its famous Hoe and historic Barbican. Plymouth has a cosmopolitan atmosphere with excellent shops, aquarium, theatre and cinema complex.
There are many towns and villages on the south coast offering long, flat sandy beaches with secluded coves. Try Bigbury-on-Sea, which overlooks wide expanses of sand and Burgh Island that can be visited by a unique vehicle for romantic walks and an historic inn.
Hope Cove is an attractive fishing village with fishermen's cottages set around grass and cobble and magnificent coastal cliff paths. On the north coast visit Clovelly with its cobbled streets and picturesque harbour or the surfers paradise of Croyde, or Saunton Sands with its miles of sand dunes.
The Cornish fishing village of St Ives is home to The Tate Gallery set amongst narrow streets. The remains of King Arthur's castle stand at Tintagel in the north of Cornwall or visit the open air Minack Theatre to the south.
Browns Hotel - Four Star Luxury
Tariff
Prices are per room and include a light breakfast.
All rooms are en-suite and are equipped with a LCD television, DVD and satellite channels, telephone with data port and an electronic safe. Tea and coffee making facilities are included.
Tariff
Single £75.00
Double £110.00
Large Double £140.00
Twin £140.00
Four Poster £180.00
Family Room £160.00
All prices are inclusive of VAT Prices are subject to change
