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Transformers Hotels in Disguise New Chain Sleeperz Converts Old Railway Stations Into Hotels Indulge TRANSFORMERS HOTELS IN DISGUISE New chain Sleeperz converts old railway stations into hotels. While we wait for its new branch to open in Manchester, we’ve found some other converted crashpads. From a lighthouse to a prison, all these holiday lets had a past life as a totally different type of building Shine a light The closest Virgin Trains station to this isolated lighthouse hotel is Glasgow, but you’ll still need to journey for a couple of hours on local connecting services to get to this rugged, romantic location. But hey, you wouldn’t expect any lighthouse worth its salt to be in the centre of town, would you? A popular venue with wedding parties, it has a surprisingly good in-house restaurant. Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel, Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm, Stranraer, 01776 853220, www.lighthousehotel.co.uk SEPTEMBERHOTLINE Indulge Indulge Water Sight This old stone water tower in rural Cheshire is a grade two-listed, 110- foot pile, that has been radically renovated and can now sleep 10 as a holiday rental. Inside is an ultra-modern smooth-line, clean- design, contemporary- furniture fest. In keeping with an aqueous theme, it’s now equipped with a hot tub (in the roof garden – where else?). The Tower House, Warrington, Cheshire, 01637 881942, www. victoriantowerhouse. uniquehomestays.com SEPTEMBERHOTLINE SEPTEMBERHOTLINE Indulge Indulge King of the caStle Dalhousie Castle is a 13th-century fortress that has 10 now become first-class 20th-century accommodation. For an expenses- 11 fiddling MP, we hear you ask? Good guess but no, it’s a luxury hotel and spa. Think roaring open fires, candle-bedecked chandeliers, a dungeon dining- room and a less-than-traditional multi-massage jet pool. Dalhousie Castle Hotel and Aqueous Spa, Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh, 01875 820 153, www.dalhousiecastle.co.uk all aboard Let the Thames rock you to sleep in this former cargo boat, now a luxury holiday rental replete with art deco interior. The 90-foot vessel sleeps six. Children must be 12 or over to come aboard – but the four-posters and fine linens are a bit wasted on little ones anyway (not to mention how paranoid you’ll be about damages, with the hefty £1,000 damages deposit). Art Deco House Boat, Prospect Quay, London SW18, 01637 881942, www.houseboat. uniquehomestays.com SEPTEMBERHOTLINE SEPTEMBERHOTLINE Indulge houSe arreSt Now a rustic, charming B&B (owners Vivien and Tony Wheeler are your hosts), this 1842 structure was a police station for 100 years. The downstairs cell where prisoners once cowered is, today, a vastly more cosy wee bar. If that still sounds too sinful for you, a small chapel on the site has also been converted into accommodation. The Old Lock-Up 12 Guest House, North End, Wirksworth, Nr Matlock, Derbyshire (30 miles from Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent stations), 01629 826272, www. theoldlockup.co.uk cotton on This 18th-century cotton mill had its first make-over in the 1890s when its water- wheel was replaced by fashionable steam power from coal. In the 1970s the mill was painstakingly restored, slate tile by slate tile, window pane by window pane, and divided up into private apartments. Just one of these suites is available as guest accommodation, for those who like some imposing industrial grandeur to their holiday digs. Edale Mill, Hope Rd, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, 01628 825925, www.landmarktrust.org.uk gate Way There are hotels with run-of-the-mill ‘period features’, like oddly shaped fireplaces and stained-glass windows – and then there’s staying in a 16th-century gatehouse with a spiral staircase. Once just a small part of the now-demolished Tixall Hall in Stafford, where Mary Queen of Scots did hard time, the gatehouse is all that remains of the medieval manor and now an overnight address in its own right. It sleeps six. Tixall Gate House, Nr Stafford, 01628 825925, www.landmarktrust.org.uk SEPTEMBERHOTLINE.
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