Tarzan!
Don't forget to bring your Loincloth! Well perhaps not as the English weather can be none too kind at times. Although some of our guests can't help themselves after a night of merriment in the local pub, to try out that infamous "Tarzan Call" for themselves much to the amuzement of their friends and our locals!!
When Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the epic Tarzan story in 1912, Greystoke wasn't actually mentioned in the original manuscript. It was added later after a chance meeting with a member of the Howard family while he working as a 'War Correspondent' during the Boer War. He decided that it would be of a greater advantage if he used the 'Greystoke' name as it was a little know place and it would also help to make his story more plausable. Back then it was only the rich and learned elite who could read, so if he had chosen somewhere like Windsor everybody would have known everybody else of high stature and his story would at once have been shelved.
Edgar had become a great friend of the "Howard Family" who resided in Greystoke Castle then, and whose ancestors still do, so he would frequently visit throughout the years, and his story was hatched.
There have been many actors who have played the ledgendry character of Tarzon over the years, perhaps the most noteable one being the Olympic Swimmer turned actor Johnny Weismuller, Buster Crabbe, Ron Ely, and latest to date is Christopher Lambert.
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We will look forward to welcoming all of our Guests in 2024,
new and those who are returning to
Stafford House
Guest House,
and also to our
Self-Catering Lodges
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With the "Utmost Safety" of all our
Guests in mind,
we still continue to take every precaution possible, including following the "Updated Guidelines" from the Government
so that we can
open for Business
- Safely!
During the 1st Lockdown in March 2020, we invested in a
"Fogging Machine"
By useing a special solution certified
to kill ALL Viral
& Bacterial Infections,
(should there be any present),
We are confident that we can operate as safe as we possibly can be.
We also meticulously clean and sanitise all areas, before finishing with a "Steam Cleaner"
making sure that everything is safe.
There are Hand Sanitisers in all 3 Bedrooms, as well the Breakfast Room in the Main House.
The Lodges also have Hand Sanitisers in the Kitchen.
Thank You For
Your Custom and Patience,
and we will look forward to seeing you all again very soon.
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Please be aware that unfortunately we do not allow pets into the main building of
"Stafford House",
However you are more than welcome to bring them along when you are staying in our Lodges
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News
Our En-Suite Double Room in the Main House has now been appointed with a Kingsize 4 Poster Bed, there is also wooden pannelling on some of the walls.
We hope that you will like the changes!
After the 3rd Lockdown we were allowed to re-open our Lodges on 12th April 2021, and we have made a few changes..
Blencathra Lodge now sleeps 2 People, and Pennine Lodge can sleep up to 6 People.
Check out the Lodge Section to see what we have done!
For the last 6 years we have achieved the "Certificate of Excellence" award from Tripadvisor, so in recognition of that we now appear in their
"Hall of Fame!"
Click here to arrange booking with us.
Call us now on
01768 483 558
Email us now at:
info@stafford-house.co.uk
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