In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- For full-scale queenly opulence, plump for the 1575 suite, a plush, historic, four-poster hideyhole named after the year Elizabeth I slept in it. Architecturally unchanged since her majesty snoozed here, the room is paletted in scarlet and cream, lit by two brass chandeliers and boasts a vast open fireplace and period stonework. Almost too indulgent. If you can’t bag 1575, aim for a room in the Georgian wing – the antique furniture is stunning.
- Packing tips
- Extra layers to stave off the chill of Fawsley Hall’s more draughty areas, and shoes for the all-weather tennis court (they’ve got rackets and balls to lend you).
- Also
- Don’t go home without whiling away some time in front of the one of the enormous Tudor fireplaces in the Great Hall – sup a moccacino while pouring over the papers perhaps, or peruse the incredibly detailed ‘Short History of Fawsley Hall’.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A 1575 martini cocktail each
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Fawsley Hall
Northamptonshire, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Heart-warming historic home
- Setting
- Great, green Northamptonshire gardens
As befits a dwelling that is over 500 years old, Fawsley Hall's architecture is a mix of styles, with Tudor, Georgian and Victorian aspects all present and correct. This should, by rights, look like a design nightmare but all the work has been sensitively done and this Northamptonshire boutique hotel looks comfortable in its skin, guarding, no doubt, dramatic tales from its varied history.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 58.
- Rates
- £175–£450, including VAT, full English breakfast and access to the spa.
- Check-out
- 11am. Extension to midday is possible, subject to availability. Extension until 5pm (again subject to availability) costs £99–£212 depending on the room.
- Facilities
- Spa with solarium and steam room, gym, tennis court, jogging trail, DVD/CD library, free WiFi throughout. In-room amenities: enormous beds, antique furnishings, flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, minibar, Frette linen.
- Poolside
- As well as the spa's indoor pool, there's an outdoor hydro pool overlooking the landscaped gardens.
- Also
- No smoking indoors. Well-behaved dogs are allowed in the hotel (but not the restaurant), as long as they are not left alone in rooms.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The triple-AA-rosette Equilibrium restaurant offers an inventive modern menu. The brasserie, Bess's, is less formal.
- Dress code
- Relaxed and well manored.
- Top table
- If you’re visiting in winter, nab a table close to the amazing room-length fireplace.
- Last orders
- Bess's is open for lunch between 12pm and 2.30pm, and dinner from 7pm until 9.30pm. Equilibrium serves dinner between 7pm and 9.30pm (closed Sunday and Monday). The bar slakes post-prandial thirsts until late.
- Room service
- 24 hours.
- Hotel bar
- Adjacent to the courtyard and linking the restaurant with the Great Hall, the Old Laundry Bar is a light and airy structure of wood beams and glass – the perfect place to savour one of Fawsley’s signature Sunday morning Bloody Marys.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- It’s a grown-up kind of place, but there are games and jigsaws to keep younger ones amused.
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
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A 1575 martini cocktail each
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Fawsley Hall
Fawsley
Northamptonshire
NN11 3BA
