Proprietors: Henry, Sylvia, David and Stuart Phillips

Some of the bedrooms have swings in them: yes, swings! Sylvia Phillips' astonishing herb garden: well worth visiting, any thyme. Wonderful hospitality, great food.

Henry Phillips used to keep poultry, but they didn't keep him. Nowadays, he likes brewing beer and making damson gin, and intends to re-establish his old brewery selling Phillips Heritage Bitter. His wife Sylvia sounds a saner person, until you see the swings she has mysteriously installed in some of The Hundred House Hotel bedrooms.      

These are apparently very popular with guests, but if Henry describes his own wife as eccentric what does that make him?

The Hundred House derives its name from mediaeval times when the shires of England were divided into Hundreds. This fine old inn has been a rent collectors and a courthouse, with its own ducking pond, stocks - and now swings. Though Henry describes himself as “unemployable”, he’s made a wonderful hotel at The Hundred House. Fortunately David and Stuart take after their mother, Sylvia, and are highly employable, both working in the hotel. Sylvia runs a herb garden you can smell from the mid-Atlantic and, as Henry murmurs crazily above the raucous bubbling of his damson gin distillery, she “keeps us poor”.    

Nearest Towns/Centres for Retail Therapy.
Telford - (15 minutes)
Bridgenorth - (15 minutes)
Ironbridge (Arts and Artisans) - (10 minutes)
     
Recommended Local Attractions
Ironbridge Gorge Museums / Coalport China Museum - (10 minutes)
Severn Valley Steam Railway - (15 minutes)
Dudmaston (N.T) - (20 minutes)
Cosford Aerospace Museum - (20 minutes)
Weston Park - (25 minutes)
     
Nearest Station/s
Telford Central - (15 minutes)
     
Nearest Airport/s
Birmingham - (45 minutes)
Manchester - (120 minutes)
     
All timings denote typical journey time by car, unless specified otherwise.