The Ashton

Lancaster, England

Facilities

  • Dining: Breakfast is served daily, including a hot dish, plus simple but delicious suppers (by arrangement) in the candlelit dining room. Teas, coffee, fresh milk and home made biscuits – plus a newspaper - are brought to you in the morning.
  • Communal areas: There's a lovely sitting room with papers, coffee table books and extremely comfy sofas. And a lawned garden, too.
  • Internet Access: Free WiFi in communal spaces
  • Swimming Pool: None
  • Spa Treatments: The hotel has a treatment room, and various types of massage are available, as well as reiki and reflexology (all need prebooking)
  • Recreational: There's a good DVD library if you fancy watching a film in your room
  • Weddings and Celebrations: Not suitable
  • Meetings/Functions: Not suitable
  • Disabled Access: No
  • Pets: Not accepted
  • Languages Spoken: English

Also...

  • Hairdryers are provided in the wardrobes. Or if your hair needs more attention, James can book you into his dad’s hair salon
  • Laundry and dry cleaning service available
  • Luxurious REN toiletries in the bathrooms, that you can take home as a memento of your stay

When to go?

Any time of year is nice – you’re here more for the décor and the ambience than the views (although they’re lovely), and there's plenty to do nearby in the colder months. In the spring and summer the surrounding countryside comes alive.

Features include:

  • Room service
  • Vegetarian menu
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch by arrangement
  • Dinner by arrangement
  • Garden
  • Guest lounge
  • Internet access
  • WIFI internet
  • Spa treatment rooms
  • DVD library
  • Off street parking
Save to favouritesPrintMailThe AshtonAn unusual place in an unlikely location. If the inside of this handsome Georgian house looks like the set of "Lost in Austen" (with a dash of 21st-century flair), it’s no coincidence: owner James was the set decorator on the ITV period drama. Theatrical this hotel certainly is, with dramatic colour schemes, beautiful lighting and top-notch bathrooms and bedlinen. Enjoy the house party atmosphere and original art in the candlelit lobby and dining room, or retreat upstairs to your [r:UK056:room] and revel in space and luxury. While the house is old (1834 to be precise), furnishings are strictly contemporary, with clean lines and sensuous silks and suedes, and the odd antique chair judiciously thrown in for fun. As well being as the artistic talent behind this gem, James is the perfect host, a great cook and ever attentive to the details that make this a really special place. Swathed in 3/4 acre of grounds, the Ashton feels both isolated and ideally located: 5 minutes from the centre of Lancaster, great countryside and the M6. The perfect stopover.

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