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MONTH IN REVIEW
HOTEL CONCEPT OF THE MONTH
Hotel Concept of the Month:
Eynsham Hall
In a bid to modernise areas of the property, while at the same time retaining its colorful history,
Eynsham Hall has recently completed a major £2.5m refurbishment
E
ynsham Hall, the country house hotel of drawers. Another bedroom features
in Oxford, has recently completed a a copper bath nestled in a bay window,
major £2.5m refurbishment with the overlooking the property’s estate.
aim of redesigning the ‘police academy’ style
rooms in line with a four-star country house THE PUBLIC AREAS
hotel. The works included the renovation of The public areas have been refurbished at
the hotel’s main lounge and public areas; the allow the “elegant architecture to speak for
refurbishment of a number of main hall and itself”. The company said it has been an
lodge buildings; the conversion of several exercise in complementing the property’s
store and staff rooms to bedrooms; and the existing features, with the addition of a
launch of a new brasserie restaurant on the William Morris bespoke carpet design and
the property’s ground floor. architectural mouldings in teal and white. At
ground floor a series of ‘curiosity cabinets’
The hotel is set within 3,000 acres of
rolling parkland, and Project Orange - the were specially commissioned around the
interior design firm that worked on the history of the hall.
renovation - used the property’s history as
BRASSERIE
its design inspiration. Eynsham Hall has a
rich history and during the Second World glory, with a crisp, modern twist and an The brasserie has been designed to include
War was used as a billet and training camp, adventurous colour palette.” copper features to highlight the property’s
historic owners, the Mason family, whose
a recovery hospice, as well as temporarily
becoming the 242nd General Hospital. THE BEDROOMS fortunes’ originated from the Portuguese
At one point it was the Number 5 District Each bedroom was planned with careful Copper mines of the 18th Century. A
Training Centre, a key building in the consideration to highlight the hotel’s plasterwork moulded fireplace, banquet
network of National Police Training Centres. unique and original charms, with no two seating, copper display shelf and a bespoke
bedrooms designed to look the same. The copper and black marble cocktail bar allows
incarnations, Project Orange incorporated bridal room features a grand bay window, for intimate bistro style dining in the large
key features from each phase in the a marble fireplace which has been been and high-ceilinged room. Keeping in touch
building’s “colourful and checkered” brought back to life with a mixture of with the property’s history, a display shelf at
history. A statement from the company old-fashioned luxury and quirky modern the rear of the room showcases objects and
read: “Original features of the hall built in highlights, a traditional sofa upholstered in artefacts relating to the Mason family and
1906 have been restored to their former a vibrant flock fabric and a Victorian chest the building’s colourful history.
Instead of plastering over these
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