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Historic Sites

We are very well supplied with great houses and their collections, which are open to the public.

Click here to download our guide to Things to Do Around Hambleton Hall.

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Some, like Burghley or Belton, are well known, while others like Grimsthorpe or Rockingham, have fewer visitors but can be equally fascinating. In winter, when these houses are closed, day trips to Cambridge, Ely and Lincoln are popular, and there are a great many fine churches within easy distance. Oakham Castle, built around 1180, is open all year and is well worth a visit.

Burghley House

You cannot visit Burghley without experiencing a feeling of awe – for this is the very largest and grandest of houses of the first Elizabethan Age — featuring glorious treasures – paintings, antiques, tapestries, furnishings, wood carvings, porcelain, sculptures and more.

Burghley has been the home of the Cecil family for more than 400 years. The house was built between 1565 and 1587 by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. The house remains a family home for his descendants and is presently occupied by Orlando and Miranda Rock.

Please Visit the official site http://www.burghley.co.uk/

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Normanton Church

The original site of Normanton Church would have placed it below the proposed water line of Rutland Water. St Matthew’s church, as it was then known, dated back to 1826 and was of considerable historic value. The Church now stands proudly by the side of Rutland Water and houses a museum with dinosaur fossils, and an Anglo-Saxon skeleton from the reservoir. It also has a fascinating video on the reservoir’s construction.

Exton Church

The main points of Exton Church are the remarkable monuments inside including Grinling Gibbon’s amazing monument to the Third Viscount Campden. According to Pevsner: “There are few churches in England in which English sculpture from the 16th century to the 18th century can be enjoyed so much.”

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Grimsthorpe Castle

Grimsthorpe Castle is the grandest stately home in Lincolnshire. It can be found four miles north west of Bourne. Grimsthorpe Castle dates back to the 12th century and in 1516, Henry VIII granted the manor to the 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby on his marriage to Maria de Salinas, kinswoman and lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Catherine of Aragon. It is still the home of the de Eresby family today.

Please Visit the official site www.grimsthorpe.co.uk

Belvoir Castle

Belvoir (pronounced ‘Beaver’) is a fantastic site on the edge of a steep escarpment dominating the broad vale to the North. The Manners family was so old, well connected and wealthy even in 1816 when Wyatt built the present castle that one wonders why the design chosen owes so much to swagger and so little to convenience. Belvoir does of course house a wonderful collection and the statue garden is always worth a visit.

Please Visit the official site http://www.belvoircastle.com/

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Belton House

Belton is an Anglo-Dutch Restoration house built in the last years of Charles II’s reign. The house was designed by the gentleman-architect William Winde and built between 1685 and 1688. It is H-shaped with honey-coloured symmetrical facades crowned by a cupola. A broad flight of steps leads up to a pedimented entrance, which is offset by the steeply pitched roof with domestic dormer windows.


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The Guardian ran an insightful feature today on sh The Guardian ran an insightful feature today on short breaks in five of England’s less visited counties. Naturally Rutland was one of those. 📷 credit to Discover Rutland which is another excellent resource for local knowledge. #theguardiantravel #fivelessvisitedcountiesinEngland #discoverrutland #oakham #stamford #uppingham
Priority Booking for NHO's Summer Opera Festival 2 Priority Booking for NHO's Summer Opera Festival 2021 opens to Members from the 4th March. Public Booking opens at 10am on the 1st April.

Where will you stay?

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Have you watched Edward Hall's recent adaptation o Have you watched Edward Hall's recent adaptation of Blithe Spirit starring Judi Dench and Dan Stevens?

When Hambleton Hall was owned by Eva Astley Paston Cooper, she regularly presided over a salon of bright young things including Noël Coward, Malcolm Sargent and Charles Scott Moncrieff.

Find out more about the history of the house here: 

https://www.hambletonhall.com/history/

and browse the interiors of our intermediate rooms here, one of which is named after Noël Coward. 

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The view from Fern rarely disappoints. Some of o The view from Fern rarely disappoints. 

Some of our team returned to work this weekend in preparation for reopening, making us feel positive and hopeful for a Spring and Summer busy with happy guests once more.

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Further to yesterday's positive announcement by th Further to yesterday's positive announcement by the Prime Minister, we are hopefully opening on 17th May. 

If your booking has affected, we will be in touch with you as soon as we can. Please bear with us, our phone lines are exceptionally busy at present as many of you seek to make or change plans. 

Feel free to email us at hotel@hambletonhall.com and we will reply to you as soon as we possibly can.
Dogs are always very welcome at Hambleton Hall. So Dogs are always very welcome at Hambleton Hall. Some of our regulars, Molly and Lucy, love to explore the Croquet Suite and the grounds. Their only wish is that Aaron offered a Michelin star menu for dogs! Thanks to @daveclarke_photography for these gorgeous pictures! #dogfriendlyhotels #dogfriendly #dogsofinstagram #smallluxuryhotels #luxuryhotel #countrylife #countrystyle
Aaron is often complimented on the visual joy of h Aaron is often complimented on the visual joy of his plates.

This dish of marinated scallop with yuzu, fennel and cucumber gazpacho is testament to this fine art.

Everyone at Hambleton takes immense pride in the quality of their work, with finishing touches expertly crafted in all areas. If you were to walk into the laundry you would find the same dedication to excellence, the same with the reception team as they print out menus or hand-tie the ribbon on a gift voucher box.

It is the one the great privileges of providing five star hospitality.
Regularly cited as one of our guests' favourite ba Regularly cited as one of our guests' favourite bathrooms, this one is the en suite from the master bedroom in the Croquet Suite. We posted about the Croquet Suite last weekend so it seemed fitting to follow with this glorious shot.

Not long now till we can welcome back to this gorgeous cottage, and leave you in peace to sink into this deep tub filled with aromatic bath salts after a long walk around Rutland Water.

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One can enjoy views of Rutland Water when you choo One can enjoy views of Rutland Water when you choose the Croquet Suite. This two bedroom, two bathroom cottage has a living room and kitchen diner too. Highly sought after for young families, it is 50 steps from the main house along the croquet lawn. You don't need to know how to play to stay!

Have a look at the rooms and layout by copying and pasting this link into your browser: 

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