Holidays and Short Breaks

Holidays at Bylaugh

Bylaugh is right in the middle of the holiday region of Norfolk. There is so much to do at Bylaugh and around about. We at Bylaugh have created a number of fabulous holiday packages (as listed below) which are not to stop you creating your own individual holiday when staying at Bylaugh.   Whilst booking into this Stately Home for your holiday, or getting the whole family together in one of the Estate Houses or Cottages, we will show you all what a wonderful time you could choose and have whilst staying with us.   The Bespoke Package Simply book a room, an apartment, one or more cottages or larger estate houses (click here to see them all) and choose whether you eat at Cocos (the restaurant at the hall), use the Health Spa and pool (completion Sept 08) and join in the activities such as dance, music or art classes at the hall. Or go to the seaside (large choice within c.45mins), riding, golfing, fishing, sailing, go-karting, ten pin bowling and the list is almost limitless.   The Bylaugh Packages The Bylaugh Packages include the following   Golf Riding Fishing Sailing Rambling Cycling   *Within each package are the ‘Alternatives’. The Alternatives are for members of the family who do not want to golf, fish, sail etc. With the rest of the group on the package Bylaugh organises visits to interesting places, walks, picnics, shopping trips and many such things where the Alternative members of the group have something else to do and can join others on the package. Of course, that does not prevent one from opting out and simply enjoying Bylaugh itself whilst everyone else goes out for the day. The choice is yours. Our Rooms, our Bedrooms Arriving at Bylaugh Hall today is a very different experience to that of the second half of the last century when the building was ruined, or rather, half pulled down leaving it covered in a blanket of ivy. The  former beauty has returned to remind us of its Victorian hey-day with the Evans-Lombe family in residence – the family who built it and Charles Knox D’Arcy (The founder and original owner of BP) who used it as his country residence. We can perceive why Edward VII short-listed Bylaugh before finally choosing Sandringham and we can understand why President Eisenhower was proud to have his photograph taken outside the front with his entire entourage during his visit at the end of the war.   Today Muffy Vince has restored many, if not most of the rooms and brought them back to life. The original architect of Bylaugh Hall was Charles Barry who also designed the Reform Club in London. Muffy's inspiration for the special ambiance of Bylaugh has come in part from a different London Club, the Chelsea Arts Club in Old Church Street -a club which is quite unique. It has fine food and an atmosphere of warmth and conviviality that leaves even the stranger feeling they are quite at home. Now it is Bylaugh Hall,with its shape and play on shapes, which serves as her canvas.   The rooms speak for themselves, these photographs go some of the way to describe them. Muffy has used colour and spatial relationships combined with a mix of the original period furniture and pictures (but new beds and bathrooms of course) to create these havens. Muffy is keen to get away from impersonal hotel bedrooms and welcomes you to stay with us in comfort and stlye at Bylaugh Hall.       A versatile split level   A standard double room   An unusual twin room   The Spa will be open later in 2008, there will be concerts and performances – some spontaneous and others planned. The feeling then will be that you are in a Stately Home which has the ambiance of an English Country House- and that is a reality.   Note: In order that the experience goes back in time and is a place where one can find peace and tranquillity - you, the guests are welcome to take part in many of the activities at Bylaugh Hall. Please also note that many of the rooms are devoid of phones and TVs. If you particularly wish to have these facilities, then please request them when making your booking. However, WiFi for your laptops is silent,  free and available.   The staff at Bylaugh can guide you and assist you in all sorts of exciting and pleasant options for your holiday.

NATURE and the ENVIRONMENT

We are approaching winter before we have had autumn - it feels. So an odd time of year to announce the harmony of Bylaugh with Nature and how you can come to Bylaugh and enjoy this natural creation.

A few weeks ago a bird watcher visited us and counted 72 different birds as seen or heard within 20 minutes of walking round the hall ! A lady came from Norway last year for a wedding. She did not count all the birds she saw but she did see an extremely rare bird not too far away that she, an avid bird watcher all her life, had never seen before.

It is not only birds, it is native mammals, many trees and the things that live on trees from mosses, lichen and ferns to all the insects (parasites and saprophytes), there is an arboretum nearby and an ancient woodland that dates back to the last ice age. So much in such a small corner of England.

FOR YOU

The Team at Bylaugh is planning a long series of Cultural and Recreational weekends for you. Each weekend will have a main subject such as

Rambling
Cycling
Tree Walking
Bird Watching
Churches
Mills
Airfileds
Coast Line
and others

Each weekend will be active and yet most enjoyable to have picnics prepared by the kitchens at Bylaugh in the morning after a hot breakfast. Then after the exhilarating day a great meal all together (we sit at large tables) and in the evening there will be other activities either a talk, some joint activity (don't have to) or a film. Each time you come to Bylaugh for the same head activity, the weekend will be very different to the previous one and the next one.