Renowned 14th Century country house hotel. Conveniently located just 45 mins from Central London, bordering Hertfordshire & Essex, the hotel has recently undergone a major refurbishment including stylish new upgraded Executive bedrooms
- Easy M11 access from London in the North Essex countryside
- 4 star rated
- NEW - Eden Spa with hydrotherapy pool (charge applicable and pre-booking required)
- Relax in the large gardens with afternoon tea
- Refurbished Executive rooms for OPL guests
- Palatial lounge areas
Information
Building Work Date: 06 March 2019
The hotel are carrying out some external building work to the Bridgement and West Wing so there is scaffolding currently erected. Access and parking is not affected.
They are also refurbishing some upstairs meeting / function rooms.
Work is being carried out midweek and the hotel are doing their best to keep any noise or disruption to a minimum. This is due to continue until the end of April 2019.
Special Offers
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Luxury Country Getaway
Exclusive to OPL
Stay in an Executive room and receive:
- Complimentary bottle of chilled Champagne in your room on arrival (value £52)
- Dinner each evening in The Grill Room for two (allowance £30 per person)
- Full English breakfast for two daily
1 night stay
Package Price: £103.50 per person per stay (based on two sharing) £207 per room
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2 night stay
Package Price: £185 per person per stay (based on two sharing) £370 per room
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3 night stay
Package Price: £265 per person per stay (based on two sharing) £530 per room
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All of the above prices include all taxes / service fees.
* Offers showing provisional availability are subject to confirmation with the hotel and availability is not guaranteed. No funds will be taken from your card until the booking is confirmed, which will usually be within a few hours.
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Facilities at Down Hall
Dating back to 1322, this impressive Italianate mansion is an historic setting. The hotels' luxury interiors, ornate ceilings and abundance of natural daylight make for an experience like no other.
Take time to wander the 110 acres of surrounding woodland, parkland and landscaped gardens or sample traditional English Afternoon Tea in front of the roaring log fire. Why not enjoy a leisurely lunch or dinner in The Grill Room restaurant, serving modern English cooking prepared with fresh ingredients from our own vegetable garden.
The recently opened Eden Spa offers a tranquil escape from day to day life where you can relax the mind, revive the body and soothe the soul. Eden Spa offers 4 luxury treatment rooms including 1 couples room offering ESPA treatments, steam room, sauna, hydro therapy pool plus indoor and outdoor relaxation areas. There is a charge of £20.00 per person for 2 hours to use these facilities. This must be booked in advance directly with the hotel.
Down Hall also offers an innovative gym, sauna and steam room plus outdoor tennis courts for the complimentary use of our guests.
Gym opening hours:
6.00 am - 10.00pm on Monday to Thursday
6.00am - 9.00pm on Friday to Sunday
Good to know
- Hotel check-in time: 3:00 PM
- Hotel check-out time: 11:00 AM
Parking Facilities
120 complimentary car parking spaces available.
Disabled Access
Fully DDA compliant - 2 accessible rooms are available on request.
Child Policy
Children are welcome, Classic rooms accommodate 1 child under 12 on an extra bed.
Children up to 12 years old can stay in their parents' room for £20 Bed & Breakfast per child per night, or £30 Dinner, Bed & Breakfast per child per night. Cots are complimentary on request.
The Grill Room Restaurant has a children's menu.
Dogs Policy
There are a small percentage of rooms suitable for pets. The pet fee charge is £20 per night and includes a water bowl and snacks. The grounds are extensive and each of the pet friendly rooms have double doors leading onto an external area within the grounds. Pets will not be able to enter the public areas although they are welcome on the restaurant terrace.
The Rooms at Down Hall
Executive
The Executive rooms make up just over half of the hotels 98 bedrooms.
They are located in the newer West Wing of Down Hall and have recently been refurbished in stylish country tones with a sprinkling of colour in the finishing touches.
The Executive Rooms provide guests with modern comfort and style whilst retaining the traditional feel of Down Hall.
In addition to the standard facilities found in all our bedrooms, guests will find bathrobes, mineral water and upgraded toiletries in our Executive Rooms.
All our bedrooms have complimentary WiFi, tea & coffee making facilities, iron and ironing boards and laptop size safes.
The Grill Room
The Grill Room Restaurant is an ideal location for informal dining in beautiful historic surroundings. The restaurant is decorated with Italian wood flooring, dark wood tables and large windows that let in an abundance of natural daylight.
The award-winning Grill Room Restaurant offers a contemporary British menu with the finest ingredients sourced from our own vegetable garden and the local area.
Opening Times
Breakfast
7am-9.30am Mon-Fri
8am-10.30am Sat & Sun
Lunch
12.30pm-2.30 Sundays
Not served in the restaurant Mon-Sat
Bar menu available 12pm-10pm
Dinner
6.30pm-9.45pm daily
Afternoon Tea
2pm – 5pm daily
Dress Code
Smart Casual.
Ibbetsons Tea Lounge
Enjoy traditional afternoon tea served in the historic splendour of Ibbetsons Tea Lounge, with a choice of delicious menus combined with a selection of the finest teas make for an unforgettable afternoon.
Opening Times
Breakfast
7am-9.30am Mon-Fri
8am-10.30am Sat & Sun
Lunch
12.30pm-2.30 Sundays
Not served in the restaurant Mon-Sat
Bar menu available 12pm-10pm
Dinner
6.30pm-9.45pm daily
Afternoon Tea
2pm – 5pm daily
Dress Code
Smart Casual.
The Eden Spa
The recently opened Eden Spa offers a tranquil escape from day to day life where you can relax the mind, revive the body and soothe the soul. Eden Spa offers 4 luxury treatment rooms including 1 couples room offering ESPA treatments, steam room, sauna, hydro therapy pool plus indoor and outdoor relaxation areas.
There is a charge of £20.00 per person for 2 hours to use these facilities. This must be booked in advance directly with the hotel.
Products used are ESPA natural skin and spa products for luxury facials and body treatments whilst Jessica Nails will be used for manicures and pedicures; a world leading brand of nail polish and nailcare products. MII cosmetics will be used for makeovers and special occasions make up.
The Eden Spa is open daily from 10:00-20:00
Gym, Sauna & Steam Room
In addition to the facilities in the Eden Spa, the hotel also offer all guests complimentary access to the Gym, Sauna and Steam Room. Guests can obtain their complimentary access code at reception at any time, your access code will be valid for the duration of your stay. The facilities are situated in the West Wing of Down Hall, at the end of the ground floor bedroom corridor.
The gym features a wide range of innovative gym and exercise equipment from leading fitness provider, Technogym, alongside a great selection of free weights and exercise balls.
The gym features running machines, cross trainers, exercise bicycles, a rowing machine, free weights plus exercise balls and mats.
Gym, Sauna and Steam Room opening hours:
6.00 am – 10.00pm on Monday to Thursday
6.00am – 9.00pm on Friday to Sunday
Down Hall Location
Map & Directions
Address
Matching Road
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM22 7AS
120 complimentary car parking spaces available.
How to get here
Take the A1060, at Hatfield Heath keep left. Turn right into lane opposite Hunters Meet and left at end following signpost.
Enter your postcode to view approximate driving directions to Down Hall.
Location & Local Attractions
Down Hall Hotel is located in Hatfield Heath, near Bishop's Stortford on the Hertfordshire and Essex border. Down Hall is 45 minutes from central London and also ideally located near Stansted Airport.
The nearest train station is Sawbridgeworth (4 miles), around 9 minutes in a taxi.
Down Hall Reviews
- 168 reviews
- Member since 2011
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM22 7AS
Lovely 2 night break
It was our 4th visit to Down Hall. The bedrooms are very spacious and the beds very comfortable, the public areas are also well furnished and comfortable. Well kept outside space and we really like the fact that there is no road noise whatsoever. The staff are friendly and nothing was too much trouble. If we had a critism at all it would be the lack of vegetables with our evening meal, but that said, the food was good. The starters and desserts could have been slightly larger for the price. Breakfast was really very good. Plenty of choice and continuous replenishment. Very commendable. I am sure we will return again in the future.
My stay was excellent value for money. The spa facilities were very limited, a steam room and a sauna, no swimming pool. The grounds were lovely but the length of the signposted walks was disappointing. The selection of food for a coeliac for breakfast was disappointing for a four star hotel.
The public areas are lovely and the staff very helpful.
Jacqui
My husband and I stayed for 3 nights for our anniversary, there was a lovely welcome plate with an anniversary message and mousse cake on arrival,which was a very nice touch.
Our room was beautiful, sparkling clean, spacious and tastefully decorated. The bathroom was huge with a bath and walk in shower. The complimentary bottle of water each day was also very welcome.
Dinner in the Grill Restaurant was lovely, I had the saddle of lamb the first night and skate on the second. My husband had the pork and the lamb the second night as he had food envy when he saw my lamb!. Each dish was very well prepared and presented with precision with the taste matching the presentation
Breakfast was buffet style although there were items like smoked salmon etc that could be ordered. I ordered poached eggs and haddock the second morning, but unfortunately it wasn't great. The eggs were over cooked as was the fish. The dish came with no garnish and just looked like a bland blob in the centre of the plate. This was the only negative regarding the food.
There is a lovely bar which did the most amazing cocktails, and the area was peaceful and relaxing.
The grounds at Downhall are very nice and the ambience of the hotel was very romantic with terraces to sit outside.
We visited the spa, which was spotlessly clean, however I think this should be complimentary as opposed to the 20 payable. That said, there is another sauna, steam and gym in the basement of the hotel which is complimentary. We went midweek and there was plenty of space, however I can imagine that weekends would be busy resulting in having to wait to get in.
With regards to the location of the hotel, it is rather secluded and those without a car would have difficulty getting about outside the hotel.
All in all we had a wonderful stay and would definitely recommend Downhall for a romantic break, and will be returning.
Wonderful wonderful stay
We stayed here for our 41st Wedding Anniversary, and it was beyond our expectations.
A truly wonderful stay which made us feel all fuzzy inside!!!!
The staff were brilliant and nothing was too much trouble.
I (Mrs) am in a electric wheelchair and again this was no trouble to the hotel. Exceptional rooms with loads of space for my chair
Wonderful experience
Very relaxing
Beautiful character hotel.
Wonderful time was had by us both. No problems or issues.
Anniversary
We spent one night at this lovely hotel celebrating our wedding anniversary. Lovely touch that chocolates were in our room on arrival, Enjoyed spa treatments and a very relaxed stay. Room was superb.
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