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The Eden Hotel Collection has unveiled the first phase of its five-year renovation project of Bovey Castle in Devon.
The group – which won the AA Small Hotel Group of the Year 2014/2015 – embarked on the project in January, six months after acquiring the country house estate in Dartmoor National Park.
The first phase of work, costing £2m, included initial restoration and the renovation of the entire ground floor, transforming its restaurant, bistro and the castle’s public rooms. A boutique shop was also added and its spa was refurbished with an Art Deco design.
Mark Chambers, managing director of the company, said: “Very little money had been spent on the hotel before it was acquired by the Eden Hotel Collection so it looked really tired.
“Bovey Castle is stunning and needed to be brought back to its former glory but we didn’t want to just redecorate, we wanted to make a statement and take the hotel into an exciting new era.”
Chambers added that the next phase of the project is to renovate the bedrooms and bathrooms in the main house, before moving on to investing in the property’s lodges. The hotel group also intends to invest in the golf course as well as maintenance works on the estate.
The Bovey Castle estate includes an 18-hole championship golf course, spa, country lodges and and outdoor-pursuits centre.
