WHY NOW?
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Resident cat Balou makes himself comfortable in the hotel lounge; the red-brick façade of Middlethorpe Hall from across the lawns; York Minster looms up behind York’s City Walls; a bedroom in the main house
PHOTOGRAPHS: HAYLEY WARD, MARK SYKES/AWL IMAGES
Yorkshire comes into its own as winter arrives: a season to enjoy bracing walks through blustery moorland, pints by the fireside in cosy pubs and idle strolling through York’s cobbled streets, soon to be busy with the town’s festive market.