Stubton Hall

Stub-ton Hall is a 19th cen-tury coun-try house set on the Lin-colnshire and Not-ting-ham-shire bor-der just a short drive from the his-tor-ic mar-ket town of Newark. When my late husband Kent and I first walked up the drive, Stubton looked sad and forlorn. The shutters were closed, the park was overgrown and, even worse, dotted around the elegant, old house were the most incongruous 1950s dormitories.

Kent went ballistic! We dreamed that it would be great to buy this place, knock down those horrible eyesores and make the Hall sparkle again, and so we set out on an adventure. The things we first loved about Stubton - its unspoilt rural location away from noisy roads, its lovely park, and its elegant rooms - are the very aspects that make it the perfect place for swanky house parties, smart nuptials or an important business meeting.