Rooms and Suites
The hotel has 14 bedrooms in total; these comprise two junior suites, 8 bedrooms located in the hotel, 2 bedrooms located in the Eagle & Child, and 4 bedrooms converted from the cottage adjoining the hotel.
Porch Room
This room is intimate with a beamed archway and steps leading to twin beds, you need to mind your head when manoeuvring the beams! This is a twin room, with en-suite shower room and is positioned over the hotel's entrance overlooking the main street in Stow, called Sheep Street.
Duke Aethelmar
In 947AD the Earl, who also "built" the original church at stow, founded the hospice that was run by St Johns Hospitallers, and is said to have located on the site of the Royalist Hotel. This room is standard room with a Queen-size bed, and an en-suite shower room.
Derby Room
From 17th century, the building was renamed the Eagle & Child inn. The name is said to have come from the crest of the Earl of Derby which dates from the 14th century. This room is a standard room with a Queen-size bed and an en-suite bathroom.
Digbeth Room
During the battle of the last civil war, the Royalists retreated back to stow where fighting continued and, according to local legend, blood flowed down the steep slope of Digbeth Street, and ducks bathed in the blood. The name "Digbeth" is translated from "Duck Bath", and this is how the street got its name today. This room is a superior room with a Queen-size bed, and an en-suite bathroom.
Captain Keyte
After the Battle of Stow, the town's church was used to house around 1600 defeated Royalist prisoners overnight. In due course, traces of the battle were removed, but one lasting memorial remains in the church, where an incised stone slab covers the grave of Captain Hastings Keyte, a Royalist officer slain in battle. This room is a superior room with a Queen-size bed, and an en-suite bathroom.
Saxon Room
From the 10th century, the Abbey of Evesham was responsible for the spiritual and material well being of the people of Stow. In order to manage the entire settlement and dwellings of the town and surrounding area, it was organised into the Manor of Maugersbury (a 6th century Saxon settlement) and like any other landed estate, was run with a bailiff who was appointed to the Abbey. This room is a superior double with an en-suite bathroom.
Edwardstow Room
A grant of land to build upon was given to the Abbey of Evesham in 708AD by Cynred, King of Mercia. The first official recording of a building in stow was in 986AD, when Earl Aethelmar, Duke of Cornwall is said to have erected a church there. Its Patron Saint is Edward the Confessor, who died in 978AD, and was, from one point of view the Anglo-Saxons, a legendary saint who had a dwelling near the spring on Stow hill, now known as St Edward's well. This is a superior room, with an oak four poster bed facing Digbeth Street, and an en-suite bathroom.
Maugersbury Suite
In the 16th Century came the Saxons, and founded a settlement on the site of what is now Stow-on-the-Wold, called Maethelgar's Burh – "Burh" meaning "town". The settlement later became known as Maugersbury. Now referring to a village near to Stow, the name is still in use to this day.
This beautiful suite has evidence of a pre-conquest timber structure, and a medieval frieze along the top of one wall. It is the largest room in the hotel, with stairs leading up to the bathroom and a sunken Jacuzzi bath. Guests whom have stayed here insert coins and goodwill messages of their visit in the lofty medieval beams in the vaulted ceiling.
The Cavalier Suite
In 1646 Stow saw the last battle of the first Civil War between the Royalists nicknamed "the Cavaliers" for Charles I (the King Pretender) and "the Parliamentarians" for Oliver Cromwell. The battle was won by the Parliamentarians, and the headquarters for the troops was based at the Royalist Hotel. A copy of the proclamation for the arrest of Charles I is hung at the hotel. This room is a junior suite as it is a large character room with a king size bed, a seating area and an en-suite bathroom.
The Cottage View
This room overlooks the cottage which adjoins the hotel and Well Lane, so named after the roman well which is at the end of the lane, and still produces crystal clear water to this day. This is a standard room with an en-suite shower room.
Rooms Eleven, Twelve, Fourteen and Fifteen
These are double rooms with an en-suite shower room, and benefit from a quiet location to the rear of the hotel.
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