A location near the M5 motorway at Droitwich Spa seemed like
a good idea, to break our journey back from Cornwall prior to a day at the
Severn Valley Railway steam gala. We found ourselves in a rather incongruous
set-up for rural England - French chateau architecture with Brummie accents.
The internal design of the modern annexe to which we were
assigned had a noticeable “prison wing” look to it. We thought that we were
going to have to sing for our supper, too, because the barman forgot to tell
the kitchen what we had ordered.
Nor had we taken into account the Birmingham Velo cycling
event, which did it’s best to cut off access to Bridgnorth, where we were due
to meet our friends the next morning.
However, the hotel interior is very grand and imposing and
the surrounding grounds and parkland are magnificent. The story behind the
hotel is interesting, too, if a little quirky. John Corbett, a philanthropic
Victorian employer who made his money from salt, returned from France with his
French wife and built her a new home in the style of the chateaux of the Loire
and Versailles, which they both so much admired.
How nice was that?
Vive la difference.
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