Plush Tudor manor in rolling Northamptonshire
Standing in 2,000 acres of rolling Northamptonshire countryside, Fawsley Hall oozes baronial pedigree. This historic house could have come straight from the lavish set of a Merchant Ivory film.
Come Here For...
- Regal living in the Midshires.
- Trendy touches with traditional Tudor.
- Capability Brown designed gardens.
Hit the spot
A rolling Northamptonshire estate near Banbury.
Amenities
There’s a full Spa with indoor pool and treatment menu, a gym, all-weather tennis court and jogging trail, plus a DVD library. Should you plan to arrive in style, the helipad awaits.
Good to know
It's a great setting for tying the knot – so a favourite with brides and grooms.
Essential info
Check in
15:00
Checkout
11:00
Minimum Stay
No
Closed
Open all year
Parking
There is free guest parking.
Airport
Birmingham – 45 minutes. There is a helipad in the grounds.
Train
Northampton or Rugby stations – 15 miles.
Pets
Welcome if well behaved and not left unattended in the room. Supplement payable.
Children
Welcome
Location
Fawsley, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 3BA, United Kingdom
Bedtime
Bedrooms
58 rooms and suites
Special features
You’ll find big beds with Frette linen sheets, a flatscreen TV and DVD/CD player, minibar and wi-fi. Trendy bathrooms come with robes and power showers. Velvety sofas, oil paintings, old beams and antiques add a special vibe to the signature rooms.
Pillow Talk
Fawsley Hall's popular Club rooms are smart classic-contemporary, while Superior and Luxury rooms have more period features and added space. Splash out on the four postered 1575 suite (plush, plush, plus) if it's a very special occasion.
Eat & Drink
Dining in
Fawsley Hall's Cedar Restaurant serves a range of dishes to suit all tastes. Favourites include steak with triple cooked chips and slow-cooked rump of lamb. Afternoon tea is rightly popular here.
Breakfast
Full breakfast is served until 10am.
Room service
Available 24 hours.
Activities
See & Do
Northamptonshire’s crop of stately homes includes Althorp Park, home of the Spencer family and Princess Diana’s final resting place. There’s an exhibition here full of memorabilia from her life, and extensive grounds to stroll through. Other famous houses within easy reach are fabulous Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Woburn Abbey and Sulgrave Manor. Coton Manor’s ten acre gardens include a bluebell wood and plant nursery.
Head to Silverstone racetrack for some Formula 1 excitement, strike out for the golf course at nearby Hellidon Lakes, or go punting on the river in Oxford. If you still have energy to burn off, head for Fawsley Hall’s all weather tennis court or fully fitted gym. Borrow a croquet set or follow one of the walkways through the grounds, with their arbours and secluded benches.
Spa Pampering
Fawsley Hall's swish Spa boasts a 17m pool, saunarium and steam room, an outdoor all-ozone hydropool, private garden, Nautilus gym, chillout area and six treatment rooms. Choose from an array of treatments and pamper packages, from a menu including full-body massage, hot stone therapy, rose hydrating cocoon body wrap and Carita firming facials.
See our guestbook.
I hadn’t heard of Room for Romance when I received a voucher as a 30th birthday present but I’ve had such a good experience, I’ve been recommending you since! My husband and I visited Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire – which was fabulous – but the personal level of service I received from Debbie, who arranged our stay, is also noteworthy. Debbie was warm and professional and she worked hard to find an escape that suited us and it made me feel positive about our stay before we’d even arrived.
Testimonial left by Sam from Warwick on 7 January, 2015
We had an amazing time at Fawsley Hall and our room was fantastic! The food was wonderful. Our booking with yourselves was smooth and faultless – thank you.
Testimonial left by Amy from Wellington on 27 November, 2014
Our stay was excellent. Room was great, spa was great, hotel and setting beautiful.
Testimonial left by Mike from Colchester on 13 September, 2014
We were impressed by everything at Fawsley Hall; even a walk in the estate grounds was stunning. Can't fault the quality, staff, food and especially the setting – we will be going again for a relaxing break!
Testimonial left by Gary from Henlow on 6 September, 2014
We had an absolutely excellent time at Fawsley Hall. The food, service and facilities were all excellent, as was the offer that we got through Room for Romance. I would certainly go back.
Testimonial left by Alison from West Bridgford on 16 July, 2014
Fawsley Hall was fantastic and just how it was described on your website.
Testimonial left by Caroline from London NW8 on 22 May, 2014
Our review
As reviewed by Jemma Tabraham
STANDING IN 2,000 ACRES of rolling parkland complete with lakes and grazing sheep, Fawsley Hall could have come straight from the lavish set of a Merchant Ivory film.
Out in the shires amongst spires and squires, it oozes baronial pedigree. Queen Elizabeth I reputedly slumbered here, while Capability Brown landscaped these sweeping grounds. The estate was one of the great houses of the 16th century, and home to the Knightley family for 500 years. Now a plush country house hotel with Tudor, Georgian and Victorian wings, Fawsley Hall bills itself as a place of affordable excess.
Centrepiece of the mansion is the vaulted, 500 year old Great Hall, with its soaring cathedral like ceiling. Despite such lofty proportions it manages to be both awesome and cossetting, with plenty of deep sofas, fat candles, and crackling fires. We were greeted with flickering flames and plenty of sofas to plonk ourselves into, with all the latest mags and papers to dip into.
Mullioned windows
Bedrooms beckon in sumptuous classic-modern style. All are styled in keeping with the surrounds, and care has been taken to retain elegant period features, while adding all the creature comforts today’s Elizabethans expect. Some in the newer wings are split-level, while all have individual furnishings and decor.
Our bedroom (Room 5) was done out in blues and creams, with a giant four-poster in the middle and a huge walk-in wardrobe big enough for a film star's trunk. The views could have been straight from a painting – lawns, meadows, a stream and a little church beyond with sheep grazing. And of course a bath plenty big enough for the two of us.
For the full Fawsley experience you might want to bed down in lavish room 1575, the Elizabeth suite – named after the year the great queen stayed. From the ancient exposed stonework and mullioned windows to the tapestries, Tudor oak furniture and huge seven foot wide four poster dressed in Frette linen, it’s every bit as regal today.
Good Queen Bess might have been taken aback by the huge widescreen plasma TV by the bed for decadent late-night movie watching, but she would certainly have approved of the raised freestanding bath, huge open fireplace, brass chandeliers and plush deep sofas – not to mention bucolic country views.
Fawsley Hall's mix of stately setting, gorgeous grounds and queenly comforts makes it a favourite spot for tying the knot. Future brides often book into this handsome rural escape for some pampering before the big day, as well as the honeymoon night. There was a wedding party there on the night of our stay, which gave the place a pleasing buzz.
Should you tire of the high life, there’s a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna in the Georgian cellar, a jogging trail and tennis courts (with even a personal trainer on call) to keep you in trim. We opted for ultra-relaxing massage each, which was just the ticket.
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