Loved it here, comfortable rooms...

Liked: Beautiful building, fabulous facilities, huge rooms, relaxed atmosphere , delicious food

Superb

Ok location rooms needs updating...

Liked: Grounds are amazing beautiful location
Disliked: Room was small, very dated wallpaper marked shower not very good, absolutely baking through the night needed air conditioning,restaurant staff were slow, meal took forever although food was good meal was spoiled with there service

Exceptional

Good

Liked: Pool excellent and spa facilities
Disliked: Noise, 4am on first night, mini bus, film crew turned up outside bedroom, noisy plus could hear air conditioning or something all night and 2nd night too.

Good

Exceptional

Great facilities for the price...

Liked: The location was great. Close to Bishop Auckland, it's set in its own grounds. The building looks like an Elizabethan Manor. Probably a great place for a wedding reception. The reception area still looks old though most of the interior of the hotel is quite modern. My room was simple, everything worked. Simple bathroom with an OK shower and goo dispensors rather than toiletries. Dispensor in the shower empty so found myself gelling up in front of the sink them hopping into the shower. Breakfast was the usual buffet with nothing unusual or extra, but it was fine. Had the usual cooked food, and croissant which were fine. The fresh fruit was rock hard so I left that alone. My stay came with free access to the spa. This was a medium sized swimming pool, steam room, sauna and jacuzzi films. At Saturday teatime it was still quite busy, but it was quite nice. Above all. Everything came at a price a bit less than the average hotel in the area. It really was stunning value. I booked it later on, so perhaps this affected the price. But overall? Anytime something wasn't quite right, I had to remember what it cost. An absolute bargain.
Disliked: Only really two things. The First was reception, they seemed a bit distracted and much happier chatting among themselves when giving me a room key. They also give me the wrong directions to my room. At least that led to me getting a tour of the hotel. The second was the cleanliness of the room. The carpet was covered in gritty bits that you have to wipe off your feet before getting into bed. The bathroom floor was a bit sticky, with long brown hair stuck to it. This despite smelling of bleach so strongly it actually hurt my nose. Lastly, and I know I said two things, the radiator was jammed full on. So to stop the room baking, I had to open the windows and draw the curtains. Seems a bit of a waste.

Lovely family get away.

Liked: The building was impressive. The family room was spacious. Kids liked that there was hot chocolate in the room. The swimming pool, hot tub and sauna were nice. Breakfast was above average. Very good value for money.
Disliked: The building was a bit difficult to navigate. The location is a bit out of the way.