The hotel is also renowned for its attractive 18-hole golf course set in 157 acres of mature parkland. This is a very elegant hotel. DB 06/09 Rooms are furnished to a beautiful standard with wonderful views across the Park. Some are decorated in a period style others are more modern. The bathrooms also have large mirrors, marble floors and brass fittings. The rooms are large. The restaurant serves the finest English and French cuisine. It is very bright and spacious with fine views over the formal Italian garden to the grounds that were once William Shakespeare's. The main house was built in the Jacobean style of 1869.