Our Pre-Victorian Rooms...
The older pre-Victorian rooms are characterized by low ceilings and
"rustic" features.
No. 3 - The Panelled Room
It is in the very oldest part of the house - at least the late 1600's
- and its age shows in the oak beams of the low ceiling. The small windows
face south, overlooking West End which is part of the Pennine Way.
The room is completely panelled in painted pine, which may have been
applied in the 1800's. A rustic bathroom is en-suite and it will come
as no surprise that walls, floors and ceilings anywhere in the older
part of the Hotel are neither flat, level or plumb!
The divan beds are usually bolted and zipped together and made up as
a six-foot wide unit but they can be made up separately if so desired.
No. 4 - The Butler's Room
Probably so named because it was the room nearest to the Master's room,
yet still in the servant's quarters. This room is in the 1700's extension
to the even older farmhouse and, like Mistress Whaley's room, overlooks
the garden.
The Butler's is not as large as the other rooms but has a power shower
in addition to the bath.
No. 5 - The Attic Room
This room dates from the early 1700's and is a very private, very rustic
area covering the whole of the older part of the building, with access
by spiral staircase.
There are broad stone sills to the small neat windows and the whole
of the roof structure, with its ancient oak beams and trusses, is exposed
to view.
The brass half-tester bed frame dates from the 1860's and the bathroom
suite is Doulton from about 1903, complete with mahogany bath surround
and W.C. cover.
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To view our Victorian Rooms, click here.
