Cool Place of the Day: The Alverton, Cornwall
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Your support makes all the difference.If we’re honest, it’s unusual for us to recommend a Cornwall hotel that’s not by the sea, but this one if different – not only because it’s the county capital Truro’s most comfortable place to stay by far, but it’s also a very handy location to hole up for the delicious Cornish Food Festival this weekend, a three-day celebration of the county’s multiple culinary delights hosted on Truro’s Lemon Quay.
Formerly a local manor house, it was later occupied by nuns, who built the grand chapel and “rescued” local single mothers and women of ill-repute in what are now their revamped courtyard rooms, which add a cool and contemporary edge to what is a relatively traditional hotel.
Decorated in Farrow & Ball greys and blues with bespoke Ralph Lauren textiles and a wink towards steam-punk, they have Georgian sash windows, Victorian radiators and lampshades inspired by gaslights.
The two junior suites have freestanding rolltop copper and silver-burnished bathtubs in the bedroom – think Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette; bathrooms have huge, gleaming showers-for-two, digital print lino, and toiletries by the White Company.
The food in the Brasserie is abundant and zinging with flavour. The same menu is on offer at both lunchtime and dinnertime – and, in the true spirit of brasserie eating, you can order anything, from a few olives or stuffed peppers to accompany a drink, through salads and open focaccias, to starters and mains – the crispy duck salad, warm glazed figs with goat cheese, and the lemon tempura monkfish tails are all heartily recommended. Afternoon tea is a treat – the pastry chef is a local legend.
As for Truro, the regional capital is at the hub of the train, bus and road system – the Eden Centre, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Padstow, St Ives, Bodmin Moor and any number of Poldarkian cliffs and unspoilt beaches are all well within an hour’s drive.
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