The Riverbarn Guest House Salisbury

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Your hosts Jill & Ian Sutcliffe have designed a warm, hospitable ambience in this still & rustic setting. Parts of The Riverbarn are over 600 years antique & it features operated as a work for the last 100 years! The wooden tables with puzzles & toys create a homely & hospitable feel throughout the day but provide way to establish a more advanced air for our dinner visitors. There is so much to experience & do from The Riverbarn, in a locality embedded in some of England’s most alluring village that brags some incredible landscape. Brilliant Stourhead House & Gardens (20 minutes) & Exciting Longleat Safari Park (20 minutes). With Stonehenge & Salisbury (15 miles), Gold Hill, Shaftesbury (10 miles) & the spectacular Abbey & Castle of Sherborne (30 miles) you're spoilt for choice! Other sights include: Bath (30 miles), Devizes (25 miles), Castle Combe (38 miles) & Avebury (45 miles). The roomy Fonthill Estate lies tucked away on the rolling northern flanks of the unspoiled Nadder Valley between Tisbury, one of Wiltshire’s oldest little cities, & the scenic village of Hindon. Fonthill Park, with its elegant tree-fringed lake & splendid triumphal-style gateway, ridge-top woods & sweeping pastures, lies within a short distance of the Riverbarn. The daily lunchtime carte menu consists of some well-known ‘Soups of the Day’, the popular Fish Chowder, Warm Fig, Prosciutto & Brie Salad, Hot ‘Honey Drizzled’ Camembert, Smoked Trout Parcels, Goats Cheese & Sundried Tomato Tart & Smoked Trout Terrine. Our daily ‘Slate Board Specials’ comprise Pork in Cider & Creme Fraiche, Thai Green Curry, Smoked Haddock Kedgeree, Salmon & Dill Fishcakes, Butterbean & Cider Casserole, Moroccan Spiced Filo Parcels, Sea Bass with Asparagus & Pea Risotto or Beef, Stilton & Ale Pie. Try our renown, ‘Riverbarn’ Cream Tea – “The finest this side of Cornwall! ” said one guest. We take prominent attention to source all our fresh ingredients locally. The best make go hand in hand with first-rate amenities.