No. 1 Ranelagh Road is a tall, Victorian, detached
house in the desirable area of St. Cross in Winchester. The rooms are spacious with high ceilings, large windows,
classically ornate cornicing and old stripped pine doors. The entire house has been refurbished and
will provide guests with a relaxed and peaceful stay in a convivial and comfortable environment. We have been
open as a Bed and Breakfast establishment for four years now.
We have a large double bedroom with a big ensuite bathroom and a
twin bedroom with a shower room ensuite . Both of the light, airy bedrooms have flat-screened TVs with
digital FreeView, DVD, CD and radio. Hairdryers, alarm clock/radio, Wireless Internet access and tea, coffee,
hot chocolate and shortbread biscuits are provided, with comfortable chairs and desks/tables in the double
and twin rooms. Bed linen is smooth ivory Egyptian cotton and the towels are soft and fluffy. The ensuite
bathrooms have power showers and are stylishly kitted out with White Company accessories.
Guests can enjoy a generous Aga-cooked breakfast with freshly baked bread, home-made jams
and marmalade, and a wide selection of cereals in the peaceful breakfast room, which, facing east, may be lit
with early morning sunshine.
We have off-street parking for two cars and visitors' permits for parking on the road. The number
1 bus stops just 50 yards from our house every quarter of an hour and will take you straight into town, although it is only
a ten minute level walk.
Winchester
also has a thriving theatre, a cinema, good shops (Jigsaw, Hobbs, L.K.Bennett, Cadogan, the Hambledon, to name but a
few) plenty of pubs and many very good restaurants, Raymond Blanc's Brasserie, the Black Rat, Hotel du Vin, Loch
Fyne and the Wykeham Arms being some of the best. We have compiled a guide of the restaurants in Winchester
for guests' use, with copies of menus and prices.
We are perfectly placed for access to the M3, M27 and the A34, and for London, Southampton, Salisbury,
Guildford, Stonehenge, the New Forest and the south coast.
