1981
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Still needs some photos rearranged and some commentary- 28/4/2020
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We spent 6 momths converting KFH into a hotel. Each winter we did more work, ending up with 22 rooms once we had moved to one of the cottages We opened at Easter 1981 with 7 bedrooms, all on the 1st floor of the main building: Plover, Robin, Kingfisher, Nightingale, Partridge, Skylark & Pheasant. At this time we had moved up the top floor, all in Eagle I think. The winter of 1981-1981 we did up the top 4 rooms: Eagle, Osprey, Kestrel & Falcon. During the week we occupied 3 of these, but on busy weekends and in high summer, we would all sleep in Osprey. Then during the winter of 1982-1983 we did up the one storey annex to the right of the front of the building. This gave us 3 ensuite rooms(for which we got a grant, but that was almost more trouble than it was worth!!) and a kitchenette area, rarely used. The following winter, 1983-1984, we created Swift & Swallow , above the kitchen & utility room. The next years, Chaffinch, Linnet & Wren were created above the garage and overlooking the church. Finally 3 rooms were created out of the old game rooms, Mallard, Heron & Curlew: these had a separate entrance and we allowed dogs in them.
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Plover |
Plover , renovated again |
Robin |
Skylark? |
Swallow |
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Swift |
Swift |
Wren |
Linnet |
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Kingfisher |
Kingfisher |
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1984 Nightingale |
Partridge |
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1981 Pheasant |
1984 Pheasant |
Mallard |
Osprey 1983 |
Eagle 1981 |
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Chaffinch |
Curlew |
Heron |
Kestrel 1983 |
Falcon 1985 |
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Our bedroom in the Annex 1983 |
Our entrance |
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Releading the roof~1984. The price of lead shot up on the Stock Exchange! |
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| Originally 1980-1981 |
Original entrance |
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~1983, before the 5th cottage was demolished
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Aerial view, probably taken~1982/3
~1984/5
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| 1985 | 1985 |
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About 1985 we installed a swimming pool, warmed by a heat exchange machine, in the woods to the left of the entrance, high up on the bank, hidden from the guests but with wondrous views over the Hall
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