Middlethorpe Hall
This lovely country house hotel is located to the south of York, about one and half miles from the centre. It is our chosen base not only because it is a wonderfully comfortable and historic building in a great location but the bonus is the twenty acre landscape garden. Few hotels so close to a city centre can boast of such a benefit offering as it does the best of both worlds. We will have exclusive use of the hotel for the duration of our stay and from here we will explore some of the greatest houses and gardens in Yorkshire and look forward to returning to the comfort, food and good company of this typical William & Mary house.
Our evening meals will be taken in the hotel famed for its cuisine and each evening will offer a memorable dining experience in the panelled dining room which overlooks the garden. There are several sitting rooms dotted with newspapers and magazines, an outside terrace overlooking the garden and perhaps most surprisingly a swimming pool, sauna and gym housed within two converted Edwardian cottages. Part of the Historic House Hotel collection it was given to the National Trust in 2008, it very much feels like a privately owned hotel where everyone involved offers a perfectly balanced mix of professionalism and friendly service.
There are 29 rooms, ten of which are located in the main building, the remainder are in the adjacent courtyard and in former cottages. All rooms are beautifully furnished with special touches, not over-fussy but traditional in the best sense of the word. Rooms feature Nespresso tea and coffee making machine, television and DVD player, premium toiletries and Wi-Fi access. Some rooms have double beds whilst others feature beds which can be configured as double or twin.