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Victorian Mansion added to luxury hotel collection
Eden Hotel Collection, the group of awardwinning luxury country house hotels and restaurants privately owned by Sir Peter Rigby, has announced that they have taken ownership of Brockencote Hall Hotel, a Victorian country estate in Worcestershire. Brockencote Hall Hotel will add to the four-strong private portfolio of luxury hotels and restaurants that make up the Eden Hotel Collection. Already in the fold are Michelin starred Mallory Court in Leamington Spa, Buckland Tout-Saints in Devon, The Kings Hotel in Chipping Campden and the celebrated Arden Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, opened in partnership with The Royal Shakespeare Company in 2010. Brockencote Hall already has an enviable dining reputation across Worcestershire with two AA Rosettes for fine food, an accolade that the team at Eden are keen to build upon. Executive Chef Simon Haigh, who has recently been awarded his tenth Michelin Star for the Main Dining Room at Mallory Court Hotel, is lending his culinary expertise to the venture in order to take the existing food reputation at Brockencote to even higher heights. The hotel, set in 70 acres of grounds in the north Worcestershire countryside, is to undergo a complete renovation to bring it in line with the quality of the other hotels in the collection. Awardwinning interior designers Nicholas Hollinshead, who led the refurbishment of The Arden Hotel, look set to take the helm for the renovation project and restore Brockencote to its former glory. Please visit www.brockencotehall.com for more information.
Eckington Manor Special Offer If you like to relax on a winter break and put your feet up by the fire, then one of Eckington Manor’s beautiful bedrooms will serve you well. Housed within the original 12th Century hall house, milking parlour and cider mill are 15 lovingly converted and tastefully furnished ensuite bedrooms. Each room has been individually designed to offer the ultimate in comfort, some display exquisite hand embroidered silk wallpapers, some have rustic wood paneling and cast iron log burners, others simply show off the centuries old exposed timbers of the building. All of the rooms have Fired Earth bathrooms with The White Company toiletries and fluffy white towels, heated to the perfect temperature on warm towel rails. The comfortable beds are dressed with luxurious Siberian goose down bedding and Italian cotton linen, they are wonderfully inviting at the end of a long day. Eckington Manor are offering a complimentary room upgrade and welcome drink to all Visit Worcestershire Magazine readers Book online at www.eckingtonmanor.co.uk or by telephone on 01386 751600
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