About Euston Hall
The current Duke and Duchess of Grafton breathed new life into the family seat, giving it a sophisticated but sympathetic update. Oriental rugs and exquisite antiques are watched over by gilt-framed ancestral portraits (including a Sir Joshua Reynolds in the drawing room). But that’s not to say the place feels like a museum. It is a proper home, whose floorboards have been worn smooth by centuries of footsteps racing from the library to the billiards room, or tearing up the stairs to any of the 10 bedrooms. The house sleeps 19 in great comfort with canopied beds, silk curtains, deep tubs in wallpapered bathrooms and heirlooms at every turn. First to arrive should snap up the Duke’s Wing which comes with two en-suite bathrooms, a dressing room and a study. Or the enormous Arlington Room, previously a guest bedroom for any members of the Royal Family sleeping over. And families can make a beeline for the four bedrooms in the West Wing Suite, if they want to be slightly self-contained. Children are welcomed with open arms: on the top floor there is a nursery and a playroom; outside 10,500 acres of land to roam. As well as Pleasure Gardens designed by William Kent and Capability Brown, there’s a tennis court to knock around on, kayaks and paddleboards to take on the waterways, wild swimming in the lake and a wood-burning sauna to warm up in afterwards. A dedicated staff includes housekeeping and butlers plus a chef and their team. You can wolf down cornflakes in your pyjamas in the family kitchen with its open fireplace or hold black-tie suppers in the formal dining room. A classic English country house with chintz and charm, history and heritage in spades.