A HOTEL bar has beaten competition from 17 countries to win a design award.

The Gun Room at Eynsham Hall has won the Best Interior Design award at the European Hotel Design Awards.

Judges praised the bar's mix of Chesterfield sofas, high ceilings and tub chairs upholstered in canary yellow leather.

Jeremy Wall, general manager of Eynsham Hall, said: "It was very exciting to receive international recognition for the Gun Room."