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Historic Accommodation In The Midlands
Historic Accommodation In The Midlands
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As InfoBritain is a site for historical tourism we have created a special list of hotels with particular historic interest. Each hotel has been selected for its quality, and for the historic nature of its buildings, or for events that took place in or near the hotels. In the Midlands you could stay in the sixteenth century Shakespeare Hotel in Stratford Upon Avon.
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The Mercure Shakespeare Hotel is a 16th century black and white gabled inn located in the town centre.
An inn and meeting place of writers, actors and artists since the 18th century. The Shakespeare retains much of its original architectural character, even though facilities have been extensively modernised. Accommodation and food are of a high standard.
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1960s style at the restored 1960s Rotunda building in Birmingham. The Rotunda offers serviced apartments on the 2nd, 18th, 19th and 20th floors of the Rotunda Tower in central Birmingham.
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Crewe Hall in Cheshire is a Jacobean building dating from 1615. It is set in thirty five acres of beautiful parkland. George V and Queen Mary stayed here in 1913.
The twenty six "Superior Rooms" are situated within the Jacobean Hall itself. The Royal Suite where George V and Queen Mary stayed is still offering luxury accommodation today. Crewe Hall is a respected hotel and has a four star rating.
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The Talbot Hotel in Oundle Northamptonshire was originally a timber built inn dating to 638AD. In 1626 it was rebuilt using stone from the ruins of nearby Fortheringay Castle. It was here that Mary Queen of Scotts was imprisoned and executed. The main staircase at the Talbot Hotel today is the staircase from Fortheringay.
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As well as being mentioned in the Domesday Book, William Shakespeare presented his first performance of 'Midsummer Night's Dream' on the Cedar Lawns at The Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel.
The hotel is situated five minutes from Stratford town centre and the theatres and is ideally located for Stratford and the surrounding area.
The hotel offers 113 bedrooms (including five suites) which are fully modernised. The Manor and Queen Anne wings offer feature rooms and suites.
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The original house on the site of Ettington Park Hotel was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is the home of the Shirley family who may have been here since before the Norman Conquest. No place in England has been associated with one family for longer than Ettington Park.
The Domesday Book records a mill and a church on the site. The mill has gone but remains of the Norman church can be seen from the windows of Ettington Park. Many friezes decorating the present house illustrate the long history of the house and the Shirley family.
The hotel is set in extensive parkland, and this is also historic. Once the aristocracy stopped showing off their wealth by building churches, they started making parkland gardens, and would often move whole villages if they interfered with a planned vista. This happened in 1795 when Evelyn Shirley moved the village of Upper Ettington to enclose the parkland surrounding the house. The remains of the original village can still be seen in the grounds. See our History of Gardens for more details.
Ettington Park is a four star hotel offering food and accommodation to a high standard.
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