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Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel & Spa
Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom · Macdonald Hotels · Near Luxury
Tradition, written into the Historic England listing, says the first performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream was given under the cedar behind Alveston Manor. The timber-framed core is about 1500, Grade II, and the old hall still has its linenfold and a great fireplace. One hundred and thirteen rooms now run out into later wings. The Bird family turned the manor into a hotel in the 1930s. You are on the Bridgetown side of Clopton Bridge, a walk across the Avon from the theatres.
- 113 rooms
- Neighborhood: Alveston
About Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel & Spa
- The ground is thought to have held an anchorite's cell around 960. Worcester Cathedral owned land here from the tenth century until the Dissolution.
- The hall overmantel carries ten early Renaissance panels with heads in roundels. Along a rear passage, late Victorian boards paint the story of the house.
- The Bird family bought the manor in the 1930s and opened the hotel. Canadian forces used it in the Second World War, and Forte had it before Macdonald.
History
Alveston Manor is a Grade II house on Banbury Road in Bridgetown, listed in 1951. Historic England dates the timber-framed nucleus to about 1500, with enlargements around 1600, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a nineteenth-century restoration, and twentieth-century wings. The site is thought to have held an anchorite cell about 960, and the Dream under the cedar is a reputation, not a documented premiere. The Bird family bought the manor in the 1930s and opened it as a hotel. Canadian forces used it in the war. Forte owned it before Macdonald. The door is Clopton Bridge, CV37 7HP, and the house counts 113 rooms.
The setting
Clopton Bridge, Bridgetown, CV37 7HP, on the Banbury Road side of the Avon. The town and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre are across the bridge, a short walk, not a taxi ride into the countryside.
Experiences
- Outdoor activities — A range of outdoor activities right on the hotel's doorstep, suited to hen and stag weekends.
Amenities
- Onsite accommodation for guests staying over
- Stunning landscaped grounds
- Experienced wedding co-ordinator
- Licensed for civil ceremonies
- Wedding packages tailored to vision, with added guests possible
- Supplier network for décor and cakes
- Catering by hotel chefs
- Outdoor activities for hen and stag weekends
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