Ahhhh Newton Hall beautiful, elegant an invite to tranquility!

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At last a chance to visit, I have heard much and seen many photographs, which while beautiful didn’t really do it justice, just the view walking toward the hall from the car was enough to turn my frown upside down and my stressomiter down by about 75%. By the time we walk in to the beautifully restored reception to be met by the first of a long line of extremely friendly staff I have decided that my laptop will stay firmly in my bag.

I was fortunate enough to have the Italian room, mirrored bathroom walls and slipper backed freestanding bathtub, a huge bed a wardrobe right out of Narnia and beautiful shuttered windows. It was love at first sight, having arrived later than planned we decided to make our way to the Joiners Arms, their own pub at the bottom of the garden and the only luxury 5 star inn in Northumberland.

The pub was a welcome sight on that rainy night and after dining on prawn tempura followed by melt in the mouth aromatic sea bass and a bottle of the house red I can honestly say that it deserves every one of those five stars. Speaking of stars, by the time we headed back up to the hall the rain had cleared and as there is very little light pollution the sky was like black velvet peppered with twinkling stars. It seemed that even the elements had conspired to cast a spell, one that would make you want to stay there forever or at least return some day.

Back at the hall we were invited for a drink at the bar, but I was so relaxed declined in favour of a long luxurious bath, soon after I was in my princess bed, tired happy and comfy. We had been offered breakfast in our rooms but when we woke on Friday morning we headed downstairs to the cozy breakfast room, to a full English breakfast, more absolutely lovely staff, oh and a fresh smoothie.

Having arrived late the previous evening I was pretty keen to nose around the rest of the hall, every one of the rooms we saw were different and just as luxurious, the function room is beautiful and the views stunning. Newton Hall has it all!

The venue has been traditionally known as a wedding venue and I can see exactly why I have never come across a more romantic setting, Bold, Romantic, Fantastical, yes its all of those things. More recently though it has been made available for corporate events, private functions and parties (lucky us) I really didn’t want to get hitched again but hey, if that was the only way to get back there, que sera sera!

“Come with me where you’ll never, never have to worry about grown up things again” ~ Peter Pan l

TEL: 01665 576 239

NEWTON HALL NEWTON BY THE SEA NE66 3DZ

WWW.NEWTON-HALL.COM