Norfolk, 30 November 2021: Congham Hall Hotel (01485 600250; www.conghamhallhotel.co.uk) will launch five romantic Orchard Cabins in 2022 to mark the Norfolk hotel's 10th anniversary under the management of award-winning hotelier Nicholas Dickinson and his team.

The new rooms, each with the luxurious touch of a freestanding outdoor bathtub, are beautifully set in the Georgian manor's historic apple orchard. These peaceful cabins are the latest addition to the hotel, following the recent restyling of its 2 AA Rosette restaurant as The Samphire Kitchen and enhancement of areas of its Secret Garden Spa.
 
The £1 million development is part of the celebrations for the hotel's 10th anniversary under Nicholas Dickinson and his team, which took over Congham Hall in 2012 and relaunched it as a relaxed country-house hotel delivering excellent service.
 
Nicholas has a long pedigree working at and creating leading UK hotels, beginning his career at properties including Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons and Chewton Glen. He went on to launch Luxury Family Hotels with Nigel Chapman, a portfolio that included Fowey Hall and Woolley Grange. Congham Hall is his only independent project.
 
"Our new Orchard Cabins are the perfect place for our guests to enjoy some star bathing,” says Nicholas. The contemporary designs beautifully complement the original Georgian manor and provide a magnificent addition as we launch our celebrations of 10 years as Congham Hall's custodians."

Inside the Orchard Cabins
The Orchard Cabins offer a relaxing retreat where guests can immerse themselves in nature in the utmost comfort – a soul-calming experience to refresh body and mind. Entering through a private front door, guests step into a spacious bedroom with sitting area and en-suite bathroom.

Through a wall of windows at the gable end, guests look out at a terrace with a freestanding bathtub. This indulgent outdoor bath offers the ultimate spot from which to enjoy views of the orchard by day or gaze at the stars by night.

All five cabins will be named after apples: Cox and Laxton, which grow in the hotel's orchard, and favourite varieties Braeburn, Evelina and Horsford.
 
The cabins' elegant contemporary décor has been created by FM Interiors, with a colour scheme that features aubergine, lilac and rose accents. BC Designs has supplied the duo of baths for each room: outside, a glamorous, shiny silver boat bath cast in tin, and, inside, another freestanding tub hand-painted to complement each room's individual colour scheme.
 
Rest and relaxation are assured with handcrafted organic mattresses by Naturalmat and Hygge swivel chairs, inspired by Danish craftsmanship, from David Fox Design. The cabins are dressed in graceful fabrics and wall coverings by Romo, and the artisan textile designer Claire Gaudion was specially commissioned to produce rugs for each room that draw on Norfolk scenes such as lavender fields, bluebell woods, beaches, and, of course, Congham Hall and its orchard.

Prices for the Orchard Cabins start at £399 per room per night, including dinner and breakfast.
 
Congham Hall also recently redesigned its 2 AA Rosette restaurant as The Samphire Kitchen, with a long leather banquette at its heart, around which are set intimate individual tables. The interior design draws inspiration from the beautiful parkland seen from its terrace and through the full-length windows, with shades of terracotta, green, blue and brown reflected in the uncovered wooden tables, parquet floor, velvet chairs, wallpaper and fabrics by Colefax and Fowler, and paint by Little Greene. In the spa, additions include a fifth therapy room and a remodelled outdoor deck with hot tub.

For information, images and press trips, contact Kate Simon on 07939 526109 or kate@traveltappers.co.uk. 

NOTES TO EDITORS
Congham Hall has five Orchard Cabins, from £399 per room per night for dinner, bed and breakfast, and 26 individually styled rooms, including 11 garden rooms with patios, from £159 per room per night, room only, and £249 per room per night for dinner, bed and breakfast.

Congham Hall is set in 30 acres of parkland, including orchards and its renowned Herb Garden, which has more than 400 varieties of plants and attracts visitors from far and wide. The hotel has a 60-seat restaurant and bar, The Samphire Garden, and The Secret Garden Spa, with 12m swimming pool, thermal suite, five treatment rooms featuring products by Elemental Herbology, and an outdoor deck with hot tub. Other facilities include a tennis court, giant trampoline, croquet on the lawn, a library with books and board games, plus route notes about trails and walks in the local area.
 
Nicholas Dickinson and his team took over Congham Hall in March 2012 and the hotel relaunched in May 2013 following a major refurbishment. Nicholas has spent his entire working life in the luxury hotel business, including the five-star country-house hotel Chewton Glen and Raymond Blanc's two-Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. In 1994, Nicholas formed a partnership with Nigel Chapman to create Luxury Family Hotels, which became the market leader in the UK for luxury family short breaks, and Alias Hotels, for the stylish mid-market corporate and leisure sectors. Both groups were successfully sold, and Nicholas and Nigel went on to develop Martinhal Resort on Portugal's Algarve, following which Nicholas put his full focus on Congham Hall, his only independent hotel project.