The Middleton Lodge Estate
The good life just gets better at this tranquil retreat in 200 acres of Georgian parkland, with rooms in the Coach House and beautifully styled hideaways. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
The good life just gets better at this tranquil retreat in 200 acres of Georgian parkland, with rooms in the coach house and beautifully styled hideaways. James and Rebecca Allison are creating an evolving arcadia around their Palladian mansion. ‘It’s a very special place,’ says a devotee. Sensitively restored outbuildings are the acme of rustic chic. The Doghouse, in the orchard, overlooking a wild-flower meadow, has French doors to a patio. The Head Gardener’s Cottage, with timber-panelled walls, super-king bed and wood-burning stove, opens on to the vast, prolific kitchen garden. Dairy hot-tub rooms have a private garden, a bath and walk-in shower, Roberts radio and espresso machine. In the restaurant and outside, an estate-to-plate menu features dishes from land, sea and garden, with inventive plant-based options. Our reader enjoyed ‘delicious bramble mocktails; a beautiful crab starter, full of intense flavours, helped along by a bowl of fries; gorgeous chocolate mousse’. Gourmet restaurant, Forge, with new head chef, Jake Jones, and head pastry chef, Antony Johnson, serves a nine-course tasting-menu with optional wine pairing, Thursday to Sunday evenings. Vegan and vegetarian menus are available on request. The Forest Spa is being restored, and Middleton Lodge is available for private hire. (P and PT)
Hotel details
Address
Kneeton Lane
Middleton Tyas
Richmond
Yorkshire
DL10 6NJ
England
Telephone
01325 377977
Bedrooms
52. In coach house and other buildings, including 16 rooms in main house for exclusive hire only, several on ground floor, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
lounge, bar, snug, 2 restaurants, in-room TV (Sky), function rooms, civil wedding licence, treatment rooms, EV charging, courtyard, 200-acre gardens and grounds, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed, under-5s free, extra bed £30.
Dogs
allowed in 1 bedroom (£30 per night), and courtyard.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £200, singles from £175. À la carte £37. Forge restaurant £125 per person; wine pairing £95.
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