article_snippet.sent: us are streets ahead when it comes to fetching up at a place like Mistley and hoping to find somewhere decent to eat and sleep.
article_snippet.sent: us are in Essex, just down the road from Manningtree.
article_snippet.sent: Connected: The hotel is a two-minute walk from Mistley station which has services to London Liverpool Street .
article_snippet.sent: what a fascinating spot, with a grand twin-towered church (designed by Robert Adam) that originally was meant to be a spa, gorgeous terraces of Georgian houses, industrial buildings near the quay that have not yet been dolled up, a Post Office.
article_snippet.sent: Built as a coaching inn circa 1723, The Mistley Thorn offers award-winning dining and accommodation .
highlights_snippet.sent: Built as a coaching inn circa 1723, the hotel offers award-winning dining .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: the hotel has 11 bedrooms - four with panoramic views along the Stour Estuary .