Dorset House named world's fourth best B&B by Tripadvisor

Dorset House was rated as the world's fourth best B&B in Tripadvisor's Travellers’ Choice® Best of the Best Awards for Hotels.

The luxury B&B ranked in third place in both Europe and the UK.

Jason Martin, who owns Dorset House with his wife Lyn, said: "We're absolutely blown away by this. To be that high up in the rankings across the entire world is just incredible.

Owners Jason and Lyn Martin said they were 'blown away' by the news Picture: Tripadvisor

"We love the fact that we've achieved this based on guest reviews. Our presence online is there for everyone to see and its a lovely accomplishment to be regarded this highly by our guests.

"We've embraced Tripadvisor from the outset, we answer guest feedback and we try to learn and improve in response to what they tell us."

The Travellers' Choice awards sees Tripadvisor look through the millions of reviews left on its site to uncover the hotels and B&Bs that guests enjoyed the most.

The luxury B&B also ranked as the third best in both Europe and the UK Picture: Tripadvisor

Dorset House, which first opened in 2014, also picked up the Gold award for 'Best B&B and Guesthouse of the Year' as part of the South West England Tourism Awards back in April.

Mr Martin added: "Having come off the back of the Dorset and South West Tourist Awards, it's just even more good news.

"It's been a whirlwind, they're both a brilliant accolade and we're really happy to receive it."

"Before we opened Dorset House, we spent a lot of time thinking about how we would put together the B&B. We were just aiming to make a living and keep our guests happy - you never envisage you'd even be entered for any awards, so it's a great feeling being be able to achieve these things. It's a real endorsement of the hard work that goes in on our side."

Dorset House will welcome guests back from this Monday, May 17.