The paddocks in front of the lodge lead down to the two private lakes on the estate. The Pennine mountains provide a stunning backdrop to the impressive red sandstone building. The walls of the lodge around the original cobbled courtyard are covered in ivy and old varieties of climbing roses. The lodge retains the atmosphere of the family's colonial background, of generations of big game hunting in Africa and India and of the long history of shooting on the estate's grouse moors.

Amenities include a gun room, snooker room, guest drawing room with log fire and chesterfield sofas and a traditional English bar with wood burning stove. All rooms are furnished with antiques. The reception rooms have Royal Stuart tartan curtains. Many floors are highly polished wood or are flag stoned. The original well is under the gun room floor.

Dining at the lodge is a wonderful experience. The formal Red Dining Room is hung with sporting trophies and ancestral portraits. The large dining table is laid with crisp white table linen and starched napkins. Hearty breakfasts are cooked on the Aga and served under silver domes. Candlelit suppers are held in the dining room for groups of twelve to twenty guests. The head chef has won many prestigious awards.

There is unlimited free parking in the cobbled courtyard and at the stables. The lodge is centrally heated as well as having log fires. There is wireless internet access. All the bedrooms are individually designed and have a flat screen digital television. The double and single rooms all have four poster beds.

The large gardens are home to a flock of around two hundred white doves. Game birds as well as woodpeckers, ducks and red squirrels come to the garden during the day. At night a large number of owls can bee seen and heard. There are barbecues, a huge ornamental pond with fountain, a variety of mature trees and croquet on the south facing lawn to enjoy in the summer months.