We were recently invited to stay at Langley Castle Hotel tucked away in the beautiful Northumbrian countryside. So, on the premise that I could be a Princess for a night I jumped at the chance ? read on to discover whether this north-east England hotel and restaurant gets the royal stamp of TLE approval.
History
I could write a book if I was to go into all the fascinating details of the history of the barony of Langley, however I?ll keep it brief and leave it to your own curiosity to find out more should you wish to do so (the perfect excuse to pay the Castle a visit yourself!)
The castle was built in 1350 and is set in its own ten-acre woodland estate  and one of (and there are many!) the most impressive features is the 7ft thick stone walls that still stand strong today. After centuries of change in ownership, through battle victories, losses and Royal seizure ship and different uses (from a Castle to a girls? school to a medieval banquet hall to a private dwelling) the castle was bought in 1882 by Sheriff of Northumberland Cadwallader John Bates. He was also a linguist, traveller and local historian and to which much of the reconstruction of the Castle we see today can be attributed to. His grand plans and research had to be completed by his wife, Josephine, as he tragically died before his grand plans came to final fruition. The gravestones of the couple still stand tall in the woodland across from the entrance of the Castle.
More recently, in 1985, Professor Stuart Ma...