A COUNTRY house hotel on Exmoor has checked in with a double award.

Dunkery Beacon Country House Hotel in Wootton Courtenay near Dunster picked up a Taste of the West Gold Award for its restaurant.

It also scooped the TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence for the fourth year running under its current ownership.

John Bradley, co-partner at the country house hotel with his wife, Jane, said they were delighted at picking up both prizes.

"The Taste of the West Gold Award is a wonderful endorsement of all we’ve achieved here since taking over in 2012 and launching our Coleridge Restaurant, which is open to residents and non-residents alike, in 2014.”

"We’re also chuffed to have achieved this award and now have a TripAdvisor® five out of five bubble rating."