The Forte Suite
The Forte Suite is the newest addition to The Star and looks out over the pretty internal courtyard. The sitting room has a wooden floor, a large comfortable velvet sofa, an antique desk from Alfie’s market, Glyndebourne prints, Bloomsbury-esque sculptures sourced from the local ‘Objet Trouve’ in Alfriston and a striking ceramic palm tree lamp from Les Trois Garcons. There are decanters of complimentary local spirits. Both main rooms are decorated with Olga Polizzi’s favourite beech leafy green wallpaper by Lewis and Wood, and her signature style is evident throughout with wonderful lighting, unusual objects and artworks, a relaxing mix of fabrics and plenty of books on the Mark Brazier-Jones designed bookcase.
The Forte Suite
Classic terrace
Classic terrace
The Olga Suite
A Classic blue room
There is a mixture of bedrooms, some in the new block, some in the body of the hotel. The nine standard rooms on the ground floor have new French windows that bring in a lot of light and open onto small patios with a breakfast table and chairs. Dogs are welcome in these rooms. On the first floor there are nine pretty, light filled rooms with Juliet balconies. They are wallpapered in green or blue and have brightly coloured, patterned materials on curtains and headboards.
All these rooms have small bathrooms with large showers.
There are four Junior Suites in this new block, one with its own small terraced area. These suites have large bathrooms with both showers and baths.
In the main hotel there are seven rooms, two are Junior Suites and probably the nicest rooms in the hotel. The rest are all pretty, some with large bathrooms, and all with different looks and colours.
The Heritage Junior Suite is situated in the oldest part of the building above the inn and bar; it’s the most quirky and unusual room and many of the original features remain, including thick oak trusses and ceilings that slope to the floor.
Heritage Junior Suite
The Olga Suite
