The Bar/Lounge at Canal House

"Though tall and narrow like traditional canal houses, these interconnected structures boast unique elements like a central, high-ceilinged Great Room (now the main lounge) and triple-width garden outfitted with seating areas and two garden houses"

"A breakfast buffet is included, and handcrafted cocktails are available in the bar and great room"

"The Great Room and its adjoining bar—a winding collection of rooms of low tables where guests gather for drinks and board games at all hours—are mildly more traditional in their inflection, with Dutch Golden Age paintings and gilded chandeliers"

"There's a clubby cocktail bar; rates include breakfast"

"The Great Room and terrace offer stylish lounge spaces, while a chic bar serves up drinks and light fare"

"The bar seconds as a reception area and is adjacent to a cozy lounge"

"Before we finally flop down on marshmallow-soft duvet, we pass a lounge area with a sofa and large LCD screen, a purple-tiled ‘wet space’ with a freestanding bathtub big enough for two and a shower cubicle that could take easily twice that number, a dressing table set with all manner of Green & Spring products (approving murmurs, here, from Mrs S"