Hardwick Hall Hotel

There has been an estate at 'Herdewyk' dating from 1183 and a manor house is recorded from 1435. The 1700's, during the ownership of John Burdon, were glorious days at Hardwick, the place was renowned for its parties, good living, fine ladies and true gentlemen... Then, in the 1900's, after a complex history of ownership, the Hall became a maternity home - the Boardroom was once the delivery suite! Hardwick developed an institutional blandness and it was from this state that it was rescued in the late '60's by the present owners.