Von Essen Hotels has bought four luxury country hotels in the Cotswolds for £16m.

They are:

• Buckland Manor (13 bedrooms)
• Lower Slaughter Manor (11 bedrooms)
• The Elms Hotel (16 bedrooms)
• Washbourne Court Hotel (15 bedrooms)

All four properties were owned by Roy and Daphne Vaughan.

The buys will boost the number of country hotels owned by Von Essen to 15.

Property agent Knight Frank acted for Von Essen.