What would local lad Lord Byron make of modern day Seaham Hall?
“Like Disneyland The Tranquillity Spa cannot be fully experienced in a day” I wonder what local lad Lord George Byron would make of modern day Seaham Hall – the magnificent Country Durham coastal house where he married Annabella Milbanke in 1815. I suspect that the bad boy bisexual poet would be thrilled and delighted at how new owners Tom and Jocelyn Maxfield have transformed the house and gardens into an oasis of tranquillity for our stressed out twenty first century. He would, of course, recognise the exterior of this massive white house set in 37 acres of well-tended gardens and the impressive sandstone terraces. He might even remember the elegant interior architecture but he could not, in his widest dreams, imagine the transformation into what is now The Seaham Hall Hotel and Serenity Spa. The magic of this place starts at check in. Guest are immediately put at ease by Geordie John, an affable ambassador who takes great delight in explaining the intricacy’s of the bedrooms ambient
