🌳 Set in the 150-acre grounds of Charlton Hall Estate | 📍 Chathill, Northumberland | 🏆 Award-winning luxury hotel | 🏡 Incredible range of accommodation (including a barn and cottage) | 🛌 33 boutique rooms including suites | 🥂 Bar, restaurant and orangery | 👙 Hot tubs | 🐶 Dog-friendly | ❤️ Ideal for a romantic weekend | ⚡️ B&B from £150pn
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Why we love The Tempus hotel for a weekend
“Wonderland has come to Northumberland, folks. With dazzling interiors inspired by Alice in Wonderland, The Tempus is a bold boutique hotel that’s set the bar high. Every room across this 5-building estate is brilliantly individual and imaginative, with stylish drink and dine facilities to match. And that’s quite aside from the fact that The Tempus sits practically on the lap of Northumberland’s heart-thumping castles and coastline. Oh my.”
Named as one of the top 100 places to stay in the UK by The Times, The Tempus is a romantic Northumberland hotel ready to sweep you off your heels. This privately-owned beauty sits within 150 acres of manicured gardens and grounds on the Charlton Hall estate near Alnwick.
What were once stone barns and outbuildings on the estate have now been transformed into surprising and fantastical bedrooms, spread across 5 honey-coloured buildings. You can choose to stay in the central building, Tempus Main House, or in one of the freshly renovated outbuildings on the estate — Pole Barn, Lookout, Farm Cottage and Farmhouse.
These can each be rented either as a whole or on a room-by-room basis; best of all, the dog-friendly Farmhouse Superior Room has a hot tub from which you can look out across a lake as you soak.
The Rooms
One-of-a-kind rooms await you at The Tempus. Each one has been given an unconventional ‘wonderland’ twist by award-winning interior designers at Jeffreys Interiors creating spaces that feel luxurious but are a riot of personality and zest.
Expect Leopard-print tub chairs, fantastical House of Hackney wallpaper, 1970s’ style headboards, bathrooms with gold-plated pelicans on the walls, velvet sofas and sunken stone baths. All created to keep you comfy and grinning like the Cheshire Cat. Choose from:
The Tempus Main House Rooms
King, Junior Suite, Superior King Room, Family Room and Boutique Suite
Pole Barn Rooms
King Room, Superior Room and Family Room
Farm House Rooms
King Room, Superior Room with Hot Tub and Small Double
Farm Cottage Ottilie
King Room
Farm Cottage Zara
Junior Suite
Lookout Cottage with Hot Tub
The Food and Drink
Not to be outdone by the rest of The Tempus, the hotel’s bar, restaurant and orangery swagger with Alice vibes, also. Drink sublime cocktails in the bar festooned with disco balls; eat a hearty Northumbrian breakfast, lunch or dinner in the softly-lit restaurant; savour a delightful afternoon tea, mid-morning coffee or à la carte evening bite in the light-filled orangery.
The Location
For a Northumberland weekend break, The Tempus at Charlton Hall Estate is a fantastic base. Despite its blissful countryside location in Chathill, the hotel is only a mile off the A1, 20 minutes from Alnmouth station and just 45 minutes from Newcastle Airport – so you can be there in two shakes of the White Rabbit’s tail.
Then, practically on your doorstep, are Northumberland’s heavyweight sights and attractions. You can be strolling the charms of Bamburgh in little over 20 mins or exploring the crowd-free beaches of Northumberland in a blink. The region’s must-visit castles are all around you and the nearest town, Alnwick (with its famous Harry Potter castle), is just a 12-minute drive south-west. Magic, truly.
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“You won’t be disappointed with this hotel. It is in a lovely rural location but with easy access from the A1. The ambiance is spectacular from the moment you step into reception. It is beautifully decorated, impeccably clean and dog friendly too. I am so impressed with this absolute gem. We had afternoon tea and cocktails; the pastries were beautifully crisp, and the scones were divine. The staff go above a beyond to please. I will be going again!” Guest staying in July 2024
The Essentials
- Unique, award-winning romantic hotel in Northumberland perfect for couples
- 33 individual rooms set across remodelled former farm outbuildings
- Rooms start from £150 bed and breakfast
- Each room features an en-suite bathroom, comfortable beds and in-room amenities including TV, free Wi-Fi, air conditioning and tea and coffee-making facilities
- Situated on the expansive 150-acre country estate of Charlton Hall
- Free parking on-site
- Dog-friendly, family-friendly and accessible rooms available
- The Tempus offers all-day food and drink, seven days a week
- Privately owned and part of the much-loved Doxford Group, which also includes Charlton Hall and Doxford Barns
- Situated within 9km of Alnwick Castle, 7km of Dunstanburgh Castle and 18km from the beautiful Bamburgh beach and Castle
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