Nuthurst Grange Country House Hotel

There are many car parking areas available for your use here, and on this part two of our reviews we tell you about the main car park, but suggest you take the directions as shown on our part one review so as to get you comfortably settled into hotel while your carer takes the car to this car park if you did not manage to find a empty disabled bay. It will be well worth the short walk back to reception for your carer. The grounds are very well cared for, evergreen shrubs provide wonderful photos, ideal for special occasion memories. This time, if approaching front of NutHurst Grange, take the right hand drive (photo 1) which leads to a large car park (photo 2), but again we suggest your driver takes you first of all to the reception and leave you inside the hotel, while they return to the main car park. A pathway ahead, with four steps (photo 3) led the way to reception and this path went through lovely flower beds and a lawn (photo 4) with a private Helipad ready if you came with your own helicopter. The path led to the terrace garden (photo 5) and four steps led to reception (photo 6). Later on, after settling in, from reception there is a very scenic walk (photo 7) which led past beautiful gardens (photo 8) and ahead was a large manicured lawn with a variety of trees and shrubs (photo 9). A few yards away is the delightful looking functions building (photo 10) where your special occasion, such as weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, are catered for (photo 11). In the far right hand corner there is a ramp available (photo 12) that takes you down to the formal garden (photo 13) with trimmed hedges that highlight the statues (photo 14). Back up the ramp, a path by the wooden shed will lead you to the orchard (photo 15) Then just return to the main drive and be pushed back to the Grange (photo 16) and then by the terrace garden (photo 17) is the reception entrance (photo 18). Following your walk, why not rest in the comfy lounge (photo 19) while you enjoy the last views over the gardens, (photo 29) with perhaps a little drink, before you either depart for the return journey home, of if you have booked an overnight stay, then rest here before going to your room to prepare for dinner. ( Read part three review for lunch or dinner photos ). Our final thoughts What a delightful way to spend an hour or two just wandering around the beautiful gardens.

What a delightful hotel to hold our anniversary, it’s classy, inviting, beautifully decorated throughout, historically interesting, and beautiful gardens all around the hotel. For a full report, we encourage you to read all three reviews, along with 60 photos we have for you to help you see why we booked this hotel for a special day. If you enjoy good food, well presented, and served by caring staff, then please do go along for an afternoon visit at least. We spent the day here, taking in lunch, before our overnight stay, and then somehow found room for a three course dinner later on, rather silly, as we were then so full, we missed breakfast the next morning as we just had no room left for more food. It would have been great when in our younger days, but as older people we do not eat as much as we used to Our review starts with photo of NutHurst Grange hotel (photo 1), and we entered the reception (photo 2) and kindly escorted to the Orangery restaurant for our three course lunch (photo 3) with delicious warm homemade rolls and a glass of wine each (photo 4). Our meal was served by Peter our waiter (photo 5) We retired into the delightful lounge (photo 6) and simply relaxed as evening drew close (photo 7) while a warm glow settled over the hotel as twilight arrived (photo 8). We returned to our ground floor disabled room, (photo 9) to view our comfortable bed (photo 10) in a very spacious, minimalistic furnished room (photo 11). Then the bathroom, wow ! Beautifully tiled in light grey warm looking tiles (photo 12) with a heated towel rail, walk in shower, a deep bath,with an emergency telephone ready by the shower cubicle. One of the best bathrooms we have seen. (photo 13). Dressed and ready for dinner, we entered the lounge and settled in for the evening (photo 14) for a pre-dinner Sherry, served by our pleasant Head waiter (photo 15) who then escorted us to the Kingswood restaurant (photo 16) an elegant, beautifully furnished and decorative room (photo 17) and thoroughly enjoyed another three course dinner (photo 18). And the evening came to a conclusion with the staff and fellow guest congratulating us on our 59th wedding anniversary. Our final thoughts If you choose to have a special day here, you will really be looked after, with excellent menus served by attentive and friendly staff, and what they put in front of you will be a treat. So don’t forget to read all three parts of the reviews for this lovely hotel.

Close to the picturesque town of Henley in Arden, and within walking distance of Lapworth, stands the country house hotel of Huthurst, in over 7 acres of woodland, and boasts having its own Heliport, and in our eyes, well worth the 5 star reviews we offer, and encourage you to read all three parts which will give you a full flavour of this historical small but delightful Hotel. The name NutHurst means “nut wood” and this ancient area is one of the earliest Warwickshire named places. In 709 the Anglo Saxon King of Mercia, Coenred, gave the woodland to Worcester Cathedral, then in 872 the Bishop gave NutHurst to a servant of the king. It was later formed into part of the parish of Hampton in Arden, then under the care of the De Mowbray family. During 1272, the Trussell family moved in, and the family line remained here until 1640 when the manor was sold. In 1750 it became part of the manor of Knowle, and during 1767 a road was built, “The old Warwick road” which made travelling easier, and in 1800 the canal reached Hockney Heath, not far from NutHurst, and was then followed by the railway line, and all this attracted the attention of businessmen who then improved or built new houses throughout the area. A Mr William Dugard of Lapworth, built a small house in NutHurst in 1882, and an ordnance survey map of 1886 shows this house as NutHurst lodge, but by 1896 it became known as Nurhurst Grange. A number of tenants then moved in over the years, until 1904, when Mr Dugard sold the Grange to Mr Harry Gilman who moved in until his death in 1934. It was then sold to Mr C.J.Newey, who sadly died in 1938, then the house was bought by Mr Walter F.Higgs, who was the MP for West Birmingham, and in 1948he became the president of the Birmingham chamber of trade. Mr Higgs finally sold his home in the early part of 1960,to Mr and Mrs Rex Hardy, but because of the threat of the route for a new M40 motorway, moved into a smaller house. It then became a small country house hotel, under the care of the Randolph family, who enlarged the front facade, and added the dining room, and conference rooms, with bedrooms above. In 2006 Mr Paul Hopwood took over the hotel, and he upgraded many of the bedrooms, and the old stable block was then refurbished and may now be used as a delightful function room for weddings or other special occasions. May we encourage you to go and spend a few hours here to enjoy this special little hotel, perhaps take lunch or afternoon tea in the Orangery, an evening dinner in the 2AA rosette Kingswood restaurant, a very pleasant experience, and if you need to stay overnight, the 19 bedrooms, one disabled room, will be a treat for you. So please, read our three reviews, see our 60 photos, if you approve, then click the “I like” box for us as an encouragement to us to continue writing reviews to help you all enjoy getting out and about more often, and of course we then offer our support to Euans guide as well, who are trying so hard to help all our fellow disabled friends. So let’s see what our review can offer you. Photo 1 coming off the country lanes, you arrive at the gatehouse for NutHurst Grange hotel, and you drive up a scenic drive (photo 2) and arrive at the grange (photo 3) where we took a left turn, which took us towards the entrance sign for reception (photo 4). We then drove past the gardens (photo 5) and reached the one and only disabled bay (photo 6). Having parked, a short walk past the terrace gardens (photo 7) and we reached the front door, with a big step (photo 8) but a ramp is available for you. You will be greeted at a small reception area with its lovely dark wood (photo 9) and opposite is a very nice stairwell, (photo 10) which showed us the way towards the very comfortable and cosy lounge to relax in (photo 11). This led us into the Orangery restaurant (photo 12) tastefully laid ready for lunch or afternoon tea (photo 13). A corridor led the way to toilets (photo 14) and a disabled toilet is available (photo 15 Which is a beautifully tiled small toilet (photo16) which does have a grab rail. The photo now shows that alongside the reception desk (photo 17) we could glimpse the Bar ahead, it’s a small intimate bat lounge (photo 18) with a very good selection of drinks on display (photo 19) and my husband abandoned the wheelchair to sit and enjoy a drink (or two) (photo 20). Our final thoughts What,s not to like in this small delightful hotel, which is tastefully decorated and very comfortable. But you now need to read parts two and three to get its full flavour, and if you enjoy our reviews would you be kind enough to tick “I like” button so as to help others to read the reviews as well. Thank you