The Green Room is a What our Guests say sunny room, over- Dowfold House looking Crook and the “Outstanding. The best B&B we have stayed in Bed & Breakfast hills, as far as during our many travels over the years. The the North . It People just keep coming back! hosts have a special quality that makes the guests can be configured for feel at home, warmly welcome, yet VIPs. We up to three people, all in Jill & Rupert (not to mention our dog, cat – and bees) look will look back fondly at our stay & advertise you forward to welcoming you to our comfortable Victorian full-size single beds. widely. Many thanks.” home – and we do GREAT breakfasts! This room boasts a well-equipped en-suite shower “Delightful! Every comfort catered for – room. Oh, and we'll leave you to work out WHY it's attention to detail appreciated. We will return! Dowfold called the Green Room... Thank you.” Just Look Around You… Lovely fire – fantastic accommodation – so glad Dowfold House sits our son chose Durham University! at the centre of a region famed for its “Many thanks for help and advice. Lovely house history, its culture and breakfast.” and its breathtaking “The most comfortable place I’ve ever stayed in.” scenery. On the one hand, we have the “What a joy to stay here. The comfort & style of our accommodation is superb.” City of Durham with its glorious Exceptional! Absolutely faultless - the  Walkers and Cyclists welcome – however muddy Cathedral and lovely hospitality, the breakfast. We'll be back!”  Dogs positively encouraged river walks; on the  Bring your children other we have the rising to the AONB and the Roof of . There are  Views over Weardale as far as the North Pennines in fact more miles of walks and cycle paths in the  FREE WiFi Internet access County than there are of roads.  Green, without being mean History is all around us, from Lindisfarne “the cradle  Peaceful, without being isolated of Christianity” in the north, to the Durham Heritage  Ideal centre for the Durham Dales, the City of Coast in the east; and the , Durham and the Roof of England celebrating the region’s industrial heritage. Further  Just off the A68, for inveterate Scotlanders up Weardale, we have the award-winning Killhope  Beamish, Newcastle & Gateshead in easy reach Lead Mine, and the fascinating Weardale Museum: Tariff monuments to the challenges faced by our forebears Contact Jill & Rupert Richardson All prices are per room per night and include refreshments on Dowfold House, Low Jobs Hill, Crook in extracting riches from the earth. arrival and breakfast. Prices subject to change without notice. Co. Durham DL15 9AB Nearby, , with Auckland Castle and Twin or double room From £85 Tel: 01388 762473 Mobile: 07949 081726 Escomb Saxon Church is well worth a visit. Single occupancy of twin or double room From £60 E-mail: [email protected] In , the wonders of the Bowes Museum, the SuperKing room (Green Room) From £95 Web: www.dowfoldhouse.co.uk lovely Raby Castle and the majesty of the High Extra divan bed in Pink or Green rooms £35 Force waterfall beckon. Dogs (not including breakfast!) £2.50 Provision of cot in room £6 July 2019 Dowfold House is Don’t just stay And, the Rooms… in a quiet, location indoors! While each has its own style and appeal, all our overlooking Crook You are welcome bedrooms are comfortable and well furnished with with great views to bask in the double-glazing and central heating. All rooms have over the Wear conservatory, TVs, hairdryers and tea and coffee making facilities. Valley and beyond relax on the Each room enjoys views over open countryside. to Weardale & the patio, or stroll North Pennines. about the garden The Pink Room is a Built in the 1860s and enjoy the pretty double room as the mine manager’s house, for Joseph Pease, local panoramic views. If you are feeling slightly more with a king size bed. mine owner & first Quaker MP, the house has real energetic, enjoy a game of boules or croquet on the This room can be historical interest. lawn. arranged to take an extra divan bed or a Arrive and Relax There is plenty of private parking at the front of the house and garage storage for bicycles, cot, making it suitable On arrival, take motorbikes, or even cars. for a family with a child. afternoon tea in The sumptuous en-suite bathroom our comfortable How Green is my B&B? drawing room. has a P-shaped bath, with a high- We’re proud to have achieved Green Sit around the pressure shower. If you like pink, Tourism’s GOLD Award – but we open fire on you'll love it. In the bathroom you know we need to do more. We winter evenings. already recycle 70-80% of our waste, will find fresh towels and a You may wish and use less mains water than an selection of bath oils and shower to select a book average house half this size. Our ten water-butts gels. And, ultimate luxury, a or magazine from our library, or watch TV, videos, mean that we almost never need to water the garden heated floor. DVDs, listen to radio, CDs – just as you like. from the mains.

Oh, the (award-winning) Breakfasts! We all need to minimise our drain on the Earth’s resources by introducing renewable energy schemes The Red Room is a You breakfast in style, in our elegant dining room. for heating water, warming our home and providing comfortable, attractive With a wide variety of breakfast dishes, there is our electricity. We’ve installed solar panels, and our double room, with something to suit everyone, from the traditional biomass boiler is now fired up. When we swapped views over fields. hearty English Breakfast to a lighter start to the out our old light-bulbs for energy-savers, we day. We pride immediately achieved a 15% reduction in our ourselves on electricity consumption. The en-suite shower room using only the features a double-headed finest produce, But, don’t worry: the comfort of our guests comes (900x1400) shower, with lots much of it home- first. We don’t do hair shirts! of high-pressure water. It's a made or local, great experience! In the shower including free- room you will find fresh towels range eggs, and a selection of shower gels sausages & bacon from a local farm, home-made and other unguents. And, bread, jams, biscuits, fruit juice and much more. ultimate luxury, a heated floor.