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garden wail" construction and design theme, and the new building creates an intimate courtyard setting. They sit next to the 12 award­ winning, individually themed


bedrooms in the Grade II listed 17th Centuiy house. The expansion project will see a


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rooms, Finnish sauna, hydrotherapy pool, relaxation lounge, experience showers and ice fountain, a new gym and a piiates studio.’ Philip Wharton, general manager at


Stanley House, said: 'The exceptional response to the hotel's offering has been tremendously gratifying and has


served to reinforce our original vision to create a hotel like no other. "We are now able to offer greater


room capacity in terms of weddings and corporate guests, and the addition of the spa will turn Stanley


• House into a true national leisure destination.


'The specification of the design,


equipment, furniture and facilities are absolutely first-class and resort standard. The bedrooms will be unrivalled in the region." Each luxury room is 36sq.m and


boasts a range of technological advances, including a media hub and an in-safe laptop charging facility, along with large flat-screen TVs and complimentary WiFi. A walk-in shower and separate double-ended bath also features in each room. A suite, family rooms and a


dedicated disabled accessible room with twin bathrooms are also available. Architects Campbell Driver


Partnership, a Lancashire practice, worked in consultation with English Heritage and Ribble Valley Borough Council, and Barnfield Construction was the build partner. Interior design vyas by London-based Trevillion


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QuaLSaisons in Oxford and Beach Plaza Bahrain. Roy Walsh, lead designer and project


co-ordinater, said: "With the hotel set in .54 acres of countryside, we really wanted to bring the outside inside. Therefore, the bedrooms and lobby areas contain spectacular large panes


of glass that have been imported from Ireland. "These give stunning views over the


Ribble Valley." Frances Blackham, design director


at Trevillion, added: "The rural theme is reflected throughout the interior design, providing a seamless transition from outside to inside. "


Philip Wharton added: "Business is


strong at the moment but we must keep innovating to meet the unique


and important standards set by our customers."


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FELL View Cottage is a “chocolate box” home in a stunning position in an idyllic Ribble Valley village. Formerly two cottages and


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p ro p e ^ is accessed through a spacious entrance hallway with exposed stonework. The lounge nas an open fireplace and hearth made with stone from the ori^nal Clapham Railway Station, the dining room has an Inglenook stone fireplace with wooden mantle ■ancf the kitchen is fitted with a range of units and a Belfast sink. ‘


built cottage, situated in a truly wonderful position ring on the village green, has a host of origin^ features such as stone-flagged flooring, exposed beams and a superb Inglenook fireplace. Boasting great views, the


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thought to date back to the 1700s, Fell View Cottage, The Old Grain Store in Newton- in-Bowland is offered for sale by athertons at £350,000. p ie semi-detached stone-


garden frontage and and a fully enclosed flagged patio area which was created to make the most of the fabulous views over Waddington Fell. To the side of the property, there is a stone-flagged park­ ing area for one vehicle and, at the rear, there is a garden with lawn and mature plant borders. For more details or to book


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attic has been converted into two rooms, the first of which has exposed stonework and beams as weU as two Velux windows. The second room has an en-suite area which has yet to be finished. Outside, there is a small


an en-suite shower room and the two additional bedrooms enjoy views towards Wad- dington Fell. The large, bathroom is currently divided into outer and innner rooms and has a three-piece suite and solid wooden floor. .On the second floor, the


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