The 50-room Wood Norton is situated a few miles from the Cotswolds and Shakespeare’s Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Wood Norton is a Grade II listed Victorian building in a countryside setting on the outskirts of the riverside town of Evesham, along the Malvern Hills and on the edge of the Cotswolds.
The hotel features restaurant, bar, alfresco dining terrace, grounds, gardens, private dining/boardrooms for up to 20 people, and wedding venue for up to 200 guests. The spa and leisure facilities are planned for phase 2.
The hotel consists of three main buildings – The Hall, Pear Tree Mews and Smith’s House. Each room or suite at The Wood Norton is unique in style and beautifully adorned. The Hall, the oldest part of the property which dates back to 1897, features 20 traditional bedrooms alongside the dining room, bar, snooker room and various lounge and meeting rooms. Many of the bedrooms in The Hall feature roll top bath suites, wood panelled walls and views over the landscaped gardens and Worcestershire countryside.
A further 30 rooms have been created in Pear Tree Mews. Formerly the stables and coach house, Pear Tree Mews offers more contemporary rooms set around a pretty cobbled courtyard. Pear Tree has its own private entrance and also offers accessible rooms. Smith’s House, once the Estate’s blacksmiths, is part of The Wood Norton’s business area and offers modern meeting and syndicate rooms.
The exterior of the property features gardens and lawn areas designed by English Heritage Gardens specialist Peter Baldock. The early layout of the gardens will replicate a classic historic pattern and parterre style, and will feature small beds with paths, hedging and topiary.
The BBC bought the site in 1939 to establish an emergency broadcasting centre away from London. It became one of the largest broadcasting centres in Europe with an average output of 1,300 programmes a week. When the war was over, Wood Norton became the BBC’s engineering training centre.
