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THE GUNTON ARMS, NORFOLK

Approaching The Gunton Arms, we quickly realised it's not your average local. It is a pub, but one set in a 1,000-acre deer park in rural Norfolk, kitted out in furnishings to rival posh department store Liberty and with walls covered in art by the likes of Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst. There's a restaurant that's in the Michelin Guide too.

The deer park surrounds the 18th-century Gunton Hall, and The Gunton Arms was originally a farm that became the second house to Gunton Hall. After careful restoration by art dealer Ivor Braka (hence the amazing collection), it opened as a pub with bedrooms in 2011.

THE FOOD