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Rose & Crown
Barnard Castle,
Durham
Inn
+44 (0)1833 650213
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£150 - £420
per night
Everything you’d want of a lovely country inn – pretty rooms, tasty food, local ales in a beamed bar and fabulous walking
14 rooms
Rooms sleep 2 – 4
Children welcome
Pets welcome
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2 Guests 22 Dec 24 - 22 Dec 24
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£150 - £420 per night
The Experience
The building dates to 1733 and stands on the village green next to a Saxon church. Roses ramble across stone walls at the front, so grab a pint of local ale, then sit in the sun and watch life pass by. Inside, you can roast away in front of a fire in the wonderfully old-school bar while reading the Teesdale Mercury.
There’s a peaceful sitting room for afternoon tea, then an oak-panelled restaurant for excellent food produced by head chef Dave Hunter, using produce from the inn’s kitchen yard and just about everything else from local suppliers. The well-put-together menu includes fish from Hartlepool quay, trout and game from local estates. Stylish rooms – some in the main house, others out back, a couple in a cottage next door – have warm colours, comfy beds, Bose sound systems and super bathrooms
You’re near to fabulous Barnard Castle for browsing the antique shops or the moors for cobweb-blowing hikes.
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We think you'll love
- The glorious Teesdale setting for stunning walks in the wild surrounding moorland
- The rugged charm of the inn with its narrow passages, beams and stone walls
- The food – even the simplest dishes on the menu are cooked to perfection
You should know
- Dogs are welcome but you should know resident Jack Russell Mabel rules the roost
- All the different levels and higgledy-piggledy corridors may be tricky for some
Essentials
- EV charger
- Swimming pool
- Hot tub
- Garden
- Open fire / woodburner
- Breakfast included
- Breakfast available
- Meals available
- Vegetarian meals
- Parking on premises
- Free parking nearby
- Accessible by public transport
- WiFi
- Spa
- Central heating
- Limited mobility
- Wheelchair access
- Mobile reception
- Hob
- Bar
- Barbecue
- Licensed premises
- Paid parking nearby
- Air conditioning
- Relaxation areas
- Tennis court
- No smoking
- Credit cards
- Working farm
- Owner has pets
- Pets welcome
Family friendly
- Baby monitor
- Books and toys
- Children welcome
- Babies welcome
- Stair gates
- High chair
- Fire guard
- Cot available
Nearby
- Pub/bar within 3 miles
- Restaurant within 3 miles
- Shop within 3 miles
Activities
- Bikes available
- Food courses
- Kayaking
- Other courses
- Sailing
- Surfing
- Wild swimming
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Accommodation
Pricing
- Nightly price
- from £150
- Surcharges
- Singles £135-£195. Dinner, B&B £110-£155 per person.
- 1 Cottage for 4
- From £360
- 7 Doubles
- From £150
- 2 Suites for 2
- From £210
- 3 Twins
- From £150
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Information
Special offer: Dec, Jan & Feb: DB&B plus a cream tea in a superior room. £115 per person per night based on 2 sharing for a 2 night min. stay. Optional 3rd night free (breakfast and dinner to pay for).
Booking information
- Check in
- From 3.30pm
- Check out
- 11am
- Other details
- Reservation only.
- Closed
- 23-27 Dec and one week in January.
- No smoking
- Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
- Owner has pets
- Animals living on the property
- Dogs
Dog beds, towels for drying and locally made dog treats.
Max. 2 dogs.
Great walks from the door, village green next to the inn and river nearby.
- Meals
- Lunch from £13.50. Dinner, 3 courses, from £33. Sunday lunch , 3 courses £33.
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Reviews
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Truly outstanding dinner, skate boned and wrapped, tomato salad with 3 different types of tomato, olives, pine nuts, huge fish platter excellent local cheeses, lemon posset with raspberry sorbet, and a very fine Muscadet. Service excellent.
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Another enjoyable stay here, it just gets better and better. There's always a warm welcome from the wonderful staff. Excellent food served in both the cosy bar and the elegant restaurant. Superior furnishings and decor throughout the hotel. Very dog friendly with free treats provided in room and on the bar, lots of nice walks from the doorstep.
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Have stayed here on several occasions with my sister Daisy and my mum & dad, it is the most dog friendly hotel we have ever stayed in. We are allowed in the very comfortable bar where we sit under the table and eat the excellent treats provided by the owner, oh by the way my name is Gilbert and I am a nine year old westie. My dad, Kevin particularly likes the relaxed friendly atmosphere in the bar at lunch time. In the evening my mum, Marilyn likes nothing better than putting on a posh dress for fine dining in the romantic oak panelled dining room. We all love the R&C to bits.
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On a cool August day we received the warmest of welcomes at this beautiful and comfortable inn. It’s several years since we had enjoyed a stay here and we were once again charmed by beautiful rooms, delicious food and great service. We are planning another trip for this year. It’s an oasis of calm in a troubled world!
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Have stayed at the R&C many times. All of the rooms are furnished and decorated to a high standard. The housekeeping is excellent. All of the staff are kind, friendly and helpfull. The food served in both bar and restaurant is of faultless quality, good choices on bar and restaurant menus. The comfortable bar, overlooking the village green is a very relaxing place in which to enjoy good food and a drink. More formal dining in the oak panelled dining room is candle lit and romantic. Very dog friendly, lots of good walks locally.
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Location
The neighbourhood
Romaldkirk sits peacefully in what has been called 'England's Last Wilderness' and you're close to the route of the Pennine Way. A few miles away is Grassholme Observatory for stargazing; you can fish in local reservoirs or the river Tees for trout and grayling. Visit High Force Waterfall, painted by Turner, or the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, six miles.
Local points of interest from Thomas & Cheryl Robinson
- High Force - England's highest waterfall at 70 feet is a magnificent sight and on a beautiful stretch of the river Tees in upper Teesdale (8 miles).
- Bowes Museum - a magnificent 'chateauesque' museum housing collections of international significance of fine and decorative arts (6 miles).
- Eggleston Hall Gardens - delightful historical walled gardens that specialise in rare species and include a garden walk and shop (2 miles).
- Raby Castle - a superb example of a medieval castle in parkland filled with deer (9 miles).
- Barnard Castle - a charming market town with a ruined 12th century castle and famous for its antique shops on 'the bank' (6 miles).
- Hannah's Meadows - run by the Wildlife Trust these meadows once owned by Hannah Hauxwell are examples of rich unimproved upland hay meadows in a traditional farming landscape (3 miles).
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Introducing
Thomas & Cheryl Robinson
The inn has been owned by the Robinson family, who have farmed in Teesdale for four generations, since 2012. They also own and run Headlam Hall Hotel 15 miles away. Thomas generally spends his time at the Hall while wife Cheryl oversees day-to-day operations at the inn. You are very well looked after.
Cheryl and Thomas Robinson have managed to inject high standards of hospitality and service while maintaining the essence of an informal village inn. There is a rustic charm about the place, the menu is as rooted in the environment as the pub itself, with a genuine local flavour, and characterful rooms combine period detail and contemporary style. A Teesdale treasure in an idyllic village.