Hotel Review: Tylney Hall Hotel, Hook, Hampshire, England

Hotel Review: Tylney Hall Hotel, Hook, Hampshire, England

It’s a longish, well-manicured, tree-lined winding driveway leading to the imposing Victorian, Grade II listed Tyney Hall hotel. The former stately home of Lord Windlesham and then Lord Rotherwick once served as the HQ of a shipping line, after which Tylney Hall became a school. Eventually, in 1985 it became a hotel. The interior is…

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Palé Hall Hotel, Gwynedd, Bala near Snowdonia, Wales

Palé Hall Hotel, Gwynedd, Bala near Snowdonia, Wales

Carvings of the former owner’s face on the porch may seem a little boastful, but then again, the Scottish architect of this imposing honey-hued Victorian mansion, Henry Robertson, was an industrialist, mining engineer, prolific railway builder and Liberal Party MP. He had a lot to boast about. You can see his flamboyance in the turrets,…

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