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Hotel makes inroads into private luxury living

Work has commenced on the new private luxury homes which form part of the developments taking place at Rockliffe Hall Hotel, golf and spa resort.

The main infrastructure and roads layout for the 24 four and five bedroom-homes in Hurworth, near Darlington, is underway. It is expected the homes will be complete by late summer next year.

The homes are being developed by Rockliffe Hall in partnership with Darlington-based luxury property development specialists, Bussey & Armstrong.

Tony Cooper, from Bussey & Armstrong Ltd, said: “The homes are going to be in hot demand.

“They are in keeping with everything the new Rockliffe Hall development stands for - discreet, contemporary luxury combined with traditional touches. Plans and styles of the properties are sympathetic to both the village of Hurworth and to the transformation taking place at Rockliffe Hall.”

The homes will be a combination of four bedroom cottage-style homes and five bedroom detached properties and will be located just to the North edge of the Rockliffe Hall boundaries, near the entrance road into the estate from Hurworth Village. Prices have not yet been set for the properties, but Tony Cooper admitted the interest in them has already been overwhelming’.

Warwick Brindle, director at Rockliffe Hall Ltd added: “The whole Rockliffe Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa concept is a very exciting one, but adding these new homes within the boundaries of Rockliffe Hall adds another new dimension, rarely seen in developments of this nature.

“We are still some way from completion, but its great news to see another stunning facet of this development underway. Where possible, we have tried to select partners local to the development and once again, we have been deeply impressed with Bussey & Armstrong’s approach and understanding for what we are trying to achieve here.”

Rockliffe Hall itself, a 19th Century mansion house, is being converted into a five-star, 63-bedroom luxury hotel. There will be three restaurants, each offering the finest in contemporary British dining as well as a luxurious health and beauty spa and fitness suite. Sourced from across the globe, some of the treatments and facilities in the spa will be of a standard never previously seen in the North East.

Just yards from the hotel will be 18 self-catered apart-hotel style rooms that will offer the same comfort and luxuries of the rooms in the main building.

To the south of the hotel comes the jewel in the crown for the Rockliffe Hall development. The golf course is being finished to the highest possible standards, with a stunning grass-roofed clubhouse and state-of-the-art practice and academy facilities.

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