A beautiful house in an amazing location and a must if you’re getting married at The Castlefield Rooms. It made everything so much easier!
The downstairs is fantastic with 3 semi-separate living spaces plus a stunning conservatory dining space.
The kitchen is lovely but there are no tea towels provided, only paper towels. We ended up using one of the bathrooms towels just for drying our hands and the odd glass etc. We spilt a little champagne on the floor and mopped it up with said towel and it turns out the floor was quite dirty as the towel was then grubby.
The upstairs is disappointing. The furniture is much cheaper and the beds/mattresses were not of good quality. The bed in the master bedroom dipped in the middle as the central vertical support was missing. So we were unable to sleep in that room. The second double bed was ok but quite firm. The single bed was way too firm. I tried all three to make sure I was in the best bed for my back. A bit like Goldilocks! I settled on the second double bed but it was only the best of a bad bunch. I think the bed really did not help my longstanding back issues. We even thought about going home a night early so we could be in our own comfy beds. We didn’t in the end as we couldn’t face packing up the car and driving home with a hangover from our wedding the day before.
Additionally, there is only one wardrobe in the single bedroom. There are hooks on the wall in the second bedroom but in the master there are none other than the hook on the back of the door. So not very practical.
Bathroom is small but very nice.
All in all it was amazing staying here and getting married opposite the house. I just expected more luxury upstairs (to match the luxury downstairs) for the price.
I must add that it is a very noisy location, mainly due to the train lines in close proximity. There are ear plugs provided in the bedside drawers - 100% use them!
Finally to add about the parking. It wasn’t clear who to pay the daily rate to. If you use the Pay by Phone app, you’ll end up paying for the wrong half of the car park as I did. The half which has the reserved spot for the cottage must be paid to a man in a hut type thing on behalf of Castlefield Estates. However, when we arrived he was not there so I assumed by paying for Duke St car park on the app, that I had done the right thing. That was incorrect. Luckily after speaking with the car park attendant, he didn’t charge me double. Also as we were checking out about 10am on the Monday morning, the car park was packed full and initially we were blocked in. Luckily the guys in the van blocking us in turned up a little while later and we were able to leave.