I just love Gisborough Hall hotel. In the past I have driven for many hours to find a hotel of similar high standards to this, and post pandemic I found one that ticks all our boxes and within just a one hour fifteen-minute drive from home. 

Gisborough Hall Hotel is situated on the Northern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, close to the market town of Guisborough and just a ten-minute drive from the seaside town of Saltburn.

This is a beautiful four-star luxury hotel, set in its own spacious grounds, with 71 ensuite bedrooms, 19 of which are situated in the original house and have their own unique décor and Victorian charm and all modern amenities, as well as stunning views across the hotel grounds and gardens.

The two AA Rosette Chaloner’s Restaurant provides a fine dining experience, whilst the informal De Brus Bar & Grill offers comfort food in a contemporary atmosphere.

 The staff are extremely polite, courteous and helpful, there is a lovely comfortable ambiance about the place as soon as you book in at the reception. 

It is a dog friendly hotel too; dogs are allowed on the sun terrace and the beautiful ground floor Woodland Wing rooms.  There are some lovely short walks around the hotel grounds and woodlands and just a few minutes’ drive from the hotel you can be walking on the North Yorkshire Moors or if you prefer the seashore at Saltburn. 

This hotel makes an ideal base or touring the North Yorkshire moors to the South, the coastal towns of Saltburn, Whitby and Redcar to the East and the beautiful parks of Middlesborough to the North. 

There is a fascinating history to the hotel, the owners, the Chaloner family have had long connections with the market town of Guisborough since the time of Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries. It was Sir Thomas Chaloner who bought the Guisborough Monastic Estate from the Crown in about 1570.

 In 1856, Admiral Thomas Chaloner (1815-1884) the youngest son of Robert Chaloner (1776-1862) built “Longhull” on the site of an old farmhouse. (A photograph of such can be seen in the hotels reception area). The oldest parts of today’s hall are the results of his work. Above the front door you can see the “Admiral’s Room”, a room built to represent his naval past complete with a forecastle and porthole.

After the Admiral’s death in 1884, the estate passed to Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner (1st Baron of Gisborough) he was a soldier in the British army and politician, it was during his political career that he was elevated to the House of Lords in 1917 and took the title Lord Gisborough. He oversaw extensions to the house in 1902. He died in 1938. It was Richards youngest son Thomas the 2nd Baron of Gisborough who after a long army career continued the tradition.  

Following the end of the WW11 the house was leased to North Yorkshire County Council where it was used as an old people’s home. The house then passed to Richards only son Thomas Richard (The 3rd Baron of Gisborough) on his passing in 1951. 

In 1972 the house was operating as a non-residential Banqueting Hall and restaurant.

In 2002 the Macdonald Associates took over Gisborough Hall when it became a hotel.  The house was then further extended and refurbished; the billiard room became Chaloner’s restaurant; the kitchen became the De Brus Bar & Grill. The original dining room was renamed ‘Longhull’ after the original house and is now used for meetings and private dining. The butler’s pantry now houses the reception area and the muniment room, which once housed the deeds of the estate, has been transformed into a magnificent liquor sampling room with array of fine Gin, Brandy and Whiskeys.

In 2017 Gisborough Hall became a fully independent, family-owned hotel and Lord Gisborough and his family, supported by a newly appointed board of directors, took full commercial control of Gisborough Hall.

Today, the 3rd Baron of Gisborough and the family continue to take a keen interest in the running of the hotel and are actively involved in ensuring it remains a thriving and popular venue.

Over the years, Gisborough Hall has retained many of its traditional features from the original Victorian building, whilst adding luxurious touches. It is a lovely place to come to and unwind and enjoy the beautiful scenery, literally on your doorstep.