YORKS LEADING COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL MIDDLETHORPE HALL JUST OUTSIDE YORK IS A WILLIAM AND MARY COUNTRY HOUSE. BUILT IN 1699 OF MELLOW RED BRICKS WITH LIMESTONE DRESSING. THE HALL HAS BEEN ELEGANTLY DECORATED IN THE MANNER OF THE 18THC AND FURNISHED WITH ANTIQUES AND FINE PAINTINGS SO THAT ITS LOOK AND AMBIANCE IS THAT OF A WELL KEPT/ WELL FURNISHED PRIVATE MANOR HOUSE RATHER THAN A 29 BEDROOMED HOTEL. MIDDLETHORPE HALL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS IMAGINATIVE CUISINE THE ONLY RESTAURANT IN YORK AWARDED 3 ROSETTES BY THE AA AND ITS OAK PANELED DINING ROOM WHICH OVERLOOKS THE MANICURED GARDENS. THE 20 ACRES OF MANICURED GARDENS AND PARKLAND WHICH SURROUND MIDDLETHORPE HALL INCLUDE A FRAGRANT ROSE GARDEN/ INTRIGUING WALLED GARDEN/ AND ROMANTIC MEADOW WHICH LEADS TO A LAKE SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN TREES. MIDDLETHORPE HALL ALSO BOASTS A SPA BUILT BEHIND THE HANDSOME FACADE OF TWO LISTED EDWARDIAN COTTAGES. THIS OFFERS GUESTS A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FROM CLARINS MOLTON BROWN EXCLUSIVE IN YORKSHIRE AND E SPA TREATMENTS WITH TRAINED THERAPISTS TO A SPLENDID INDOOR SWIMMING POOL/ JACUZZI/ AND SAUNA.