T here’s nothing we like better than when a local buys the town’s much-loved pub to safeguard it from potential descent into anonymity. When such an individual then spends gazillions on the 16th-century inn’s three-year renovation and happens to be the PR guru Matthew Freud, great-grandson of the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund, it should be no surprise that the dazzling end result easily demonstrates his ancestor’s assertion that beauty has no obvious use ..
. but civilisation could not do without it. Since opening in 2023, Bull has become a star of the Cotswolds scene, with two standout restaurants, a swanky cocktail bar, world-class art, 18 ultra-modern rooms and plenty of good old-fashioned hospitality, including complimentary cocktails and a help-yourself pantry.
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