Taking its cue from Air BnB , this is a hotel with no Front of House staff and you get sent an access code that works for the front door and your room.
Right from the start you feel that it is going to be different. With a private carpark, accessed via the No Through Road off Market Place, you are in a courtyard with two impressive stone Gothic Revival buildings - the old Sessions House (1841) and the matching County Hall of 1927 - which now houses the hotel.
Having entered your key code, the doors glide open and you enter a different world. The finishes are amazing - like a high end London hotel, with floors of black marble flashed with gold and large modern chandeliers lighting the void above a stately double branched staircase that takes you up to the rooms on the first and second floors.
The room really was an experience in itself - with smart lighting effects everywhere (you can turn them off - and change the colours). The en-suite was designed as a semi-wet room with a walk-in shower integrated into the floor and a wildlife graphic covering the shower wall.
There was a breakfast bar-style desk with the usual supplies and modern double glazed windows have been fitted inside the old window recesses, leaving the historic exterior windows undisturbed.
A huge amount of thought appears to have gone into the design, giving a room that is well-insulated, easy to maintain (no carpeting) and fun!.
Across the courtyard is The Stump (church) and the old town.
