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Grantley Hall

Ripon, United Kingdom

Grantley Hall

This 17th-century manor house stands on the edge of a national park in North Yorkshire. Its Palladian-style exterior is Grade II* listed, and visitors will love strolling through a Japanese garden designed in 1910. In true aristocratic style, the opulent drawing rooms invite intimate conversation, whilst in the bedrooms, televisions are cleverly concealed behind paintings, and bookcases are filled with literary classics. The interior contrasts colonnades, Georgian fireplaces, oak panelling and velvet with light colours, featuring shades of grey and cream to create a sense of softness. This can be found in the aptly named Three Graces Spa, with its cryotherapy room and hydrotherapy pool. The culinary offering celebrates the richness of the local area, whilst offering a heartfelt reinterpretation of Asian cuisines, in homage to Lady Jane Furness, who planted bamboo, maple trees and ferns here in 1910. The more curious might fancy a genealogy workshop, and a search for ancestors who may once have called this place home.

Accommodations

What we like

The comfort

The generous proportions and sumptuous velvets of the Royal Suite.

The match

An elegant game of croquet on the West Lawn.

The moment

Dinner served right in Shaun Rankin’s kitchen, each dish brought to the table by his team.

Location

Address

Grantley Hall

HG4 3ET Ripon, United Kingdom

Airport

Forty minutes by private transfer from Leeds Bradford Airport.

Skell valley

Fountains Abbey ten minutes away by car, Ripon fifteen, and Harrogate’s antique shops half an hour.

At a glance

Public areas: free

In room: free