When you learn the last guest to check into your room was enjoying his 22nd stay – and that he hailed from – you realise The Lygon Arms is hallowed ground for old-school Americans on a grand tour of the British Isles looking for a pit stop in the Cotswolds.The attraction is obvious, as the walls of this 14th Century coaching inn reverberate with easy to devour history.Charles I met Royalist supporters here and Oliver Cromwell spent the night on the premises before the Battle of Worcester in 1651. And after visits by King Edward VII and VIII, it trickles down to Hollywood elite: Cary Grant, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Throw in a lavish multi-million-pound refurb from the owners of grand country hotels Cliveden and Chewton Glen, then watch overseas bookings flood in.
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