THE GEORGE HOTEL
Be part of Melton’s History
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THE GEORGE HOTEL
A Sympathetic conversion of Melton’s
oldest surviving Inn providing
15 new one, two and three bedroom
contemporary apartments.
THE GEORGE HOTEL
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MELTON MOWBRAY
An English market town steeped
in history & heritage
Melton Mowbray is a traditional market town with a long association with hunting. Today
renowned for its delicious pork pies and stilton cheeses, it has a popular and vibrant weekly
market which dates back to the Domesday Book. Home to the imposing 12th Century St
Mary’s Church with its 100 foot tower, the town and surrounding Borough of Melton are
peppered with interesting landmarks including ancient monuments and buildings of historical
or architectural significance.
According to local folklore, the phrase ‘painting the town red’ originated in Melton Mowbray,
when the 3rd Marquess of Waterford and friends ran riot in the town while celebrating a
successful fox hunt, and painted several buildings on the High Street with red paint.
Melton boasts a wide array of shopping, dining and leisure facilities, and a superb range of
schools. Numerous primary schools can be found in the town and surrounding villages, with a
choice of secondary education locally including specialist business and enterprise and training and
technology colleges. Slightly further afield, Leicestershire and Rutland have a strong educational
offering. Catering from nursery to sixth form and in addition to day and boarding there are
private schools in the county including Oakham and Uppingham schools among others.
Prime location with diverse amenities:
- A short distance from Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough
- Shopping and restaurants at Highcross shopping centre
- Fascinating museums and family attractions
- National Space Centre
- Opportunities for water sports and cycling at Rutland Water
- East Midlands Airport 43 minutes
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Dating back from the
end of the 17th Century
The George Hotel, once the George and Talbot, dates from the end
of the 17th Century and is one of Melton Mowbray’s most significant
historic buildings. The hotel’s original name was “St. George” our
patron saint and the “Talbot” a particularly fierce breed of dog kept to
guard packhorses and goods.
It is the oldest of Melton Mowbray’s surviving inns and was the most
important posting inn in the town in the 18th and 19th Centuries, the
heyday of coaching and hunting.
The Inn was host to many foreign nobility, royalty and diplomats who
came to Melton Mowbray for the hunting season and often hosted
lavish dinners for as many as eighty guests. The menus can still be read
and the quantities of food eaten are amazing. In the 18th and 19th
centuries Melton Mowbray was the place to be for the hunting season
and the George became the desired place to stay.
The building is still largely unchanged and has kept unspoilt several
important historical features, including the words ‘licensed to let post
horses’ still painted on a beam in the foyer of the building. The coach
arch has been glazed but is otherwise unchanged. At the posting inn
private coach travellers would rest and get a change of horses. The
reputation of the inn would depend on the quality of the horses and
the speed with which they could be changed as well as the hospitality of
the inn. The Duchess of Kent with her daughter Princess Victoria said
they were delighted with the posting service at the George in Melton
Mowbray.
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The only means of travelling at the time for those not rich enough
to own their own horse or carriage was on foot, on horseback
or on the public stagecoach. Coaches left the inn daily for all
parts of the country. At 8.30 a coach left for the north arriving
at Leeds at 7pm. Another left Melton Mowbray at 9am each day
for London arriving at 11pm. Coaches went east and west as well
as north and south and it was possible to travel to any part of the
country from Melton Mowbray.
The coaching inn not only supplied fresh horses but also rest and
refreshments for the travellers - much needed comfort breaks.
Not only are we focused
on restoring the George
to its former glory with
absolute respect for its
status as an historic
Melton building, but
we’re also hoping it will
become one of the most
desirable places to live in
the town centre.
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ABOUT THE GEORGE HOTEL
This very special
building epitomises
the heyday of a time
when to be known as
a ‘Melton Man’ was
praise indeed.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Modern day Melton is well served by transport links,
with convenient road access to Leicester, Nottingham,
Peterborough and beyond, and a railway station with direct
services to Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham.
East Midlands Airport is within easy reach.
Travel:
- Leicester
- Derby
- Birmingham
- Cambridge
- Luton
- Stansted Airport
- London St Pancras
THE GEORGE HOTEL
16m
44m
1h 8m
1h 33m
1h 47m
2h 5m
2h 12m
THE GEORGE HOTEL
Melton Mowbray has lots to offer:
- History & Heritage
- Shopping, Markets, Food & Drink
- Sports, Leisure and The Great Ourdoors
- Family Fun & Superb Attractions
- Melton Mowbray train station with
direct train connections (0.3 miles away)
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PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
Apartment 1
Living
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2
Kitchen
Bathroom Apartment 14
3.35 x 2.5
3.17 x 2.67
3.35 x 2.30
3.77 x 1.67
2.5 x 2.25
4.89 x 3.21
3.64 x 2.78
3.38 x 1.66
2.51 x 2.25
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Apartment 2
Living
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Kitchen
Bathroom
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2
Bathroom
4.22 x 3.55
4.00 x 3.22
3.97 x 3.22
3.10 x 2.69
3.50 x 3.37
2.12 x 1.95
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bathroom
6.94 x 3.75
4.21 x 2.62
4.46 x 3.72
3.00 x 2.21
2.54 x 1.88
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Apartment 13
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2
Bathroom
W.C 7
15
4.57 x 4.05
4.00 x 3.22
3.05 x 3.02
1.95 x 1.52
1.80 x 0.85
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PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR
Apartment 13
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom W.C
Apartment 6
4.57 x 4.05
4.00 x 3.22
3.05 x 3.02
1.95 x 1.52
1.80 x 0.85
Apartment 3
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Bathroom
4.91 x 4.42
3.80 x 2.60
3.21 x 2.60
2.60 x 1.60
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Bathroom
5.25 x 4.30
5.25 x 3.54
3.95 x 2.10
2.90 x 1.75
2.65 x 1.91
Apartment 8
Apartment 5
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Bathroom
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5.55 x 3.85
4.61 x 3.40
3.40 x 2.65
2.20 x 2.15
2.50 x 1.70
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Apartment 7
Apartment 4
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3
Bathroom
3.70 x 3.57
2.42 x 1.80
3.71 x 3.52
3.38 x 3.02
3.21 x 2.25
2.25 x 1.75
Living Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Study
Bathroom
3.50 x 3.52
4.15 x 3.45
3.92 x 3.18
4.00 x 3.18
2.65 x 2.00
2.00 x 1.70
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3.10 x 2.55
3.30 x 2.30
2.81 x 2.59
2.33 x 1.80
1.90 x 1.60
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PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR
Apartment 9
Living / Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Bathroom Apartment 12
5.25 x 4.30
5.25 x 3.54
3.95 x 2.10
2.90 x 1.75
2.65 x 1.91
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom 1 Study
Bathroom 3.10 x 2.55
3.30 x 2.30
2.81 x 2.59
2.33 x 1.80
1.90 x 1.60
Apartment 10
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3 Bathroom 3.70 x 3.57
2.42 x 1.80
3.71 x 3.52
3.38 x 3.02
3.21 x 2.25
2.25 x 1.75
Apartment 11
Living / Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 Bathroom
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5.55 x 3.85
4.61 x 3.00
3.40 x 2.65
2.50 x 1.70
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SPECIFICATIONS
Converted sympathetically to
the highest standard
- Superb main family bathroom (complete with flat LCD screen TV)
and over bath shower
- TV socket in Lounge and all bedrooms
- Chrome/ Brushed door handles
- Chrome/ Brushed electrical sockets in kitchen and lounge
- Part tiled Kitchen (above worktops)
- Part tiled Bathrooms (fully tiled around shower and splash back for the sink)
- Fitted carpets and floor coverings (READY TO MOVE IN!)
- Electric Heating
- Stylish Breakfast Kitchen
- Down lighters in Kitchen, Bathroom and Lounge
- Built in oven
- Ceramic Hob
- Stylish Stainless Steel extractor
- Wine Cooler
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Integrated Fridge / Freezer
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LOCATION
THE GEORGE HOTEL
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THE GEORGE HOTEL
THE GEORGE HOTEL
HIGH STREET
MELTON MOWBRAY
LEICESTERSHIRE
LE13 0TR
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