Report - Scalford Hall Hotel, Melton Mowbray - September 2018

[SpiderMonkey]

For some unexplained reason, we keep finding derp hotels lately. Now, this place is not epic by any means, but I can see that it would be goonified if posted elsewhere.
Plus it's something new and local to me, so it was worth a shot.

This place was also very fresh, having gone into liquidation in August! Originally I had thought it'd happened in January this year, but it turns out that it actually shut twice in 2018.
Visited with @AndyK
History -

Scalford Hall was originally built as a hunting lodge around 1900, by Major Mann Thompson. It is rumoured that Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson conducted a large part of their affair here during this time.
It remained as a hunting lodge until 1944 when it was purcahed by 'Colonel Colman', who lived there until his death in 1969.
Some time after, the hall was opened as a hotel. I can't seem to find a discernible date for when this happened.

Photos -

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Restaurant -

Kitchen -

Rooms, Upper Corridors, etc -

Landing -

Again, nothing special, but another new one crossed off. Cheers ​

 

[Exploring with Andy]

All I could smell on the way home was the still-burning logs in the fireplace, and I kept thinking how weird it was! Nice pics dude

 

[Camera Shy]

Nice gaff, leave the windows open and I'll have a look in a couple of years. Bet you're right about the goons they'd love a bit of that "haunted mansion...got fingered by a ghoul"

 

[mockney reject]

Thats mint, you could almost move in!

 

[Exploring with Andy]

Nice gaff, leave the windows open and I'll have a look in a couple of years.

They did a good job of leaving the windows open themselves! Think it's back in use now.