Awarded 5 red stars in 2006 and awarded England leading hotel and spa resort 2007- this is a place to indulge you where service is founded on instinctive hospitality- where the food is pure delight and where quality and attention to detail are second to none. Linked to the hotel by a magical underground walkway- the serenity spa is oriental in design and inspired by Feng Shui. Voted best spa for style by Sunday times and best U.K. spa destination by Conde Nast Traveler. The serenity spa offers over fifty five different treatments. Together they provide the indulgence of a luxury boutique hotel and a unique oriental spa resort just fifteen minutes from Durham and three hours from London. The history- Lord George Gordon Byron married Annabelle Milbank- daughter of Sir Ralph Milbank at Seaham hall in 1815. He was the most prolific and controversial of the English poets aristocrat- rake and revolutionary- he is celebrated as much for his exploits and good looks as he is for his poetry. Byron lived for the life of the senses- declaring as much when he said -the great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist even though in pain. Author of childe Harolds pilgrimage and Don Juan- he was a literary star of a kind never seen before. -the corsair- of 1814 sold 10.000 copies in a single day- a feat seldom achieved by a novel- let alone a book of poetry. It still holds the record for a book of poetry sold in such a short time.