Known collectively as The North Wing, these two rooms interconnect as one family suite. DERWENT is a first floor room with two single antique brass beds (sleeps 2 adults or 2 children), a huge room decorated in regal purple with poetry on the ceiling. It inter-connects with RAISBECK which has a king antique brass bed and fabulous blue William Morris wallpaper in blue and cream. This suite of rooms share a beautiful bathroom with a claw footed bath, rainfall shower and double basins. Ideal for families or groups of friends travelling together, there is space for an extra foldaway bed.

These are our Estate Houses converted from the old stables and each has its own garden, front door, turrets and castellations – your very own castle within a castle! They are equipped with a small galley kitchen, not set up for self-catering or full meal preparation as there is no oven but ideal for children's tea, a takeaway or midnight snack! Ground floor twin or king bedroom, bathroom, and galley kitchen with a hob, microwave, dishwasher and fridge. On the first floor there is a king or superking bedroom and second bathroom. Dogs are welcome in our Estate Houses by prior arrangement.

The ORANGERY is on the ground floor outside the main castle, with huge arched gothic windows opening onto your own secluded garden and the castle gardens beyond. There is a modern open top superking four poster bed, stunning bronze wall and fabulous contemporary bathroom, and a connecting day room has a French-style metal day bed which opens as two full sized singles. Dogs are welcome in our garden suites by prior arrangement.

Either on the ground floor, GREYSTOKE is part of the old Orangery with two huge arched gothic windows opening directly onto the garden and upstairs at the eastern end pf the main castle with original cast iron working fireplace is APPLEBY. There may be a turret for a wardrobe or a four-poster bath. GREYSTOKE has a wet room bathroom with walk-in shower and level step-free access if required. Please specify when booking if this is important. Both these rooms can be configured with a superking bed or twin beds.

These four beautiful castle bedrooms all boast original features including eighteenth century oak panelling, perhaps a wardrobe inside a turret, a floor to ceiling arched Gothic window over the front porch or a bay window extending the entire width of the room. Antique and modern four poster beds, sleigh bed or antique canopied half tester bed, glorious bathrooms and views over the gardens. These rooms are the oldest in the castle and do not have step-free access. Cots and rollaway beds can be provided on request subject to availability.

Gothic leaded window, oak panelling, a turn-of-the-century open fireplace, elegant Edwardian double four poster bed and a turret as your wardrobe. The bathroom has solid oak flooring with a double-ended bath with rainfall shower over.