Fiona Duncan is a fan of hotels based in historic buildings so she found Middlethorpe Hall had " the right credentials". The building is a "William and Mary gem" and is a "Grade I-listed" (note to those not living in the UK - this signfies the building is historically significant and can't be modified without permission).
The house is "beautiful"
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This hotel is described by the writer as being located in an "11-hectare park" on the "outskirts of York". It is conveniently situated "away from the traffic" and "near the racecourse". According to the author Middlethorpe Hall is "clearly York's leading hotel". The 17th century building is referred to as a "stately, redbrick William-and-Mary count
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