Chef, Michael Caines, is planning a spring 2017 opening of Lympstone Manor, a new luxury country retreat in Devon.

Lympstone Manor is a Grade II-listed Georgian mansion set in 28 acres of grounds located between Exeter and Exmouth, with views overlooking the Exe Estuary.

Lympstone Manor, a former private house, will have 21 contemporary styled bedrooms and three dining rooms each with its own decor and identity: Haldon, Mamhead, and Powderham.

Lympstone Manor will include two basement cellars as well as a wine tasting and dispense room. Future plans include the planting of a vineyard on the slopes leading down to the Exe estuary.

Lympstone Manor is a short distance from Exeter, easily reachable by train, car or air.

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Published: 10 November 2016

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The new Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square opens in the New Year. It is taking reservations from 26th January 2017.

The Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square is located in the Grade II-listed former headquarters of the Port of London Authority, close to the Tower of London and a short walk from St Paul’s Cathedral.

Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square has 100 guest bedrooms including 11 signature suites plus 41 private residences. The hotel has three restaurants, including French, Asian and the Rotunda bar and lounge.

730 sq-mt of meeting and events space at Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square includes two ballrooms: the UN Ballroom, the setting for the inaugural reception of the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, now fully restored and seating up to 260 delegates theatre style, plus the circular Merchants Hall with its circumference of windows and seating up to 140 delegates theatre style.

Three smaller meeting rooms are located above the hotel’s main entrance seating from six to sixteen delegates for a boardroom meeting or private dinner.

A luxury spa with eight treatment rooms is scheduled to open mid-March 2017. Other leisure facilities include a state-of-the-art fitness centre, indoor pool and vitality pool.

Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square joins its sister properties, the 193-bedroom Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane and the 133-bedroom Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire.

Details: http://www.fourseasons.com/tentrinity/

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Andras Hotels, the Belfast-based hotel operator, is set to open the first Crowne Plaza hotel in Northern Ireland.

The group intend to invest £1.5million over the next eighteen months converting the 120-bedroom Ramada Plaza Shaw’s Bridge into a Crowne Plaza property.

The new Crowne Plaza is set in Lagan Valley Regional Park on the edge of south Belfast.

The Andras portfolio also includes the 250-bedroom Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre and the 114-bedroom Holiday Inn Express Belfast City in the city’s Queen's Quarter plus the 124-bedroom Ibis Belfast City Centre and the 56-bedroom Ibis Belfast Queen's Quarter.
 

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Architects, Jestico + Whiles, have been given the green light for a new village centre at Heyford Park in Oxfordshire.

The new scheme near Bicester will see two disused buildings on the former US airforce base turned into an American brasserie, boutique hotel, delicatessen and market hall, café and brunch bar.

The new facility will also include work spaces, play areas and a landscaped area.

Work on the project will begin early next year with construction estimated to take around 12 months.

The base at Heyford Park was used by the RAF as a training facility between 1918 and 1950 before being taken over by US who used it to house B-52 bombers and U2 spy planes. It was handed back to the Ministry of Defence in 1994 but has since been abandoned.

Details: https://www.jesticowhiles.com/plus/news/jestico-whiles-given-green-light-to-create-new-village

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