The Crown Stoke by Nayland Suffolk was re-opened in November 2003 after extensive refurbishment - The boutique Hotel which took twelve months to build was launched in September 2008 - The Crown Stoke by Nayland is an historic privately owned village inn that has a reputation for making everyone feel welcome without pretension - simply with a passion for high standards - good service - food - wine and Real Ale -To complete the picture a boutique hotel has been created - eleven stylish luxury en-suite bedrooms individually designed and furnished - Stoke by Nayland is a picturesque village built on a hill above the Stour and Box river valleys on the Suffolk-Essex border - The 120-foot tower of St Marys Church is a local landmark and featured in the works of the 18th Century English landscape artist John Constable who immortalized the surrounding countryside of The Dedham Vale - now designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - If the hustle and bustle of everyday life gets just too much - the Crown is the perfect choice to get away from it all - Explore the glorious Suffolk countryside - hire a boat at Flatford Mill or Dedham or visit the historic villages of Lavenham - Long Melford or Kersey - Once you have done all this you may perhaps feel like venturing slightly further afield to the historic seaside towns of Frinton or Aldeburgh - the Crown is ideally located - but yet removed enough to completely unwind - The eleven rooms are quietly located in our new boutique hotel to the rear of the property and overlooking open countryside - All rooms are individually decorated and very comfortably furnished with handcrafted beds and Henderson Russell Furniture - Rooms on the ground floor are contemporary in design whilst the rooms upstairs are furnished in a Country Home style with Enchanted House iron bedsteads - All have king size or super king size beds with luxury pocket sprung mattresses - Three rooms have French windows opening on to their own terrace