The Client
Out jogging one day, Sara Presley, a furniture and interior designer, spotted a semi-derelict Georgian mansion, saw its hotel potential and bought it. After a £5 million restoration, it has recently been named the north of England’s best hotel for interior design. The grade II listed building has a prime position in Lindley, a bustling little town on the leafy outskirts of Huddersfield, and features 11 luxurious bedrooms, a range of bars, cafés and restaurants, a roof terrace and a fitness suite. There’s a significant “wow” factor, blending Chinese and Japanese influences with glitz and glamour, artfully spotlit vases with locally sourced fabrics; even the gents’ loo feels like a design statement’.