Back in 1996 the conversion of a derelict one thousand year old Castle of great historical significance, was no easy project.
Hazlewood Castle set in 77 acres of land was transformed into an award-winning hotel, restaurant, café, conference, cookery school, event and wedding venue.
The Castle needed substantial repurposing and development. As a Grade 1 & 2 listed property it was of great interest to English Heritage, the Elizabethan Society and Georgian Society. We needed to install all mains services, road and communication networks within a plethora of restrictions and challenges. The sympathetic and mindful conversion from a monastery into a commercial privately-owned hotel, hugely successful cookery school, cafe and an award-winning fine dining restaurant and chapel, hosting conference and events and weddings which gained local and national recognition.
Formulating the commercial opportunities with the challenges of huge overheads which was biased towards food and beverage, and establishing the business from zero which needed a significant level of commercial sales to exist and clear understanding of the wide range of customer profiles to prosper.
As the operational principals we drove the business from zero to achieve significant levels of sales and reputation.