After making a great start on our expansion back in June 2021, the new spa and bedrooms have since been a labour of love at The Swan to launch an incredibly exciting new offering in the world of spa, never-before seen in the Lake District.
Working alongside Fiona Parke of Parke Johnston Interiors, we have created 26 new bedrooms and 2 Splendid spa suites to accompany Holte Spa, boasting a focus on sustainability, relaxation and bringing the outside elements in, for our guests to relish and enjoy.
Keep reading to find out more about our muses, our vision and even some of the extra special features you can expect when you stay in a Splendid room or Splendid suite!
Meet our designer: Fiona Parke
Fiona Parke established Johnston Parke Interiors, a Hampshire based luxury interior design business, back in 2009. Fiona studied at Chelsea School of Art and Design before joining leading interior designers at Todhunter Earle Interiors where she worked for 10 years.
An expert in her field, you’ll often see Fiona’s name and work popping up in the likes of House & Garden, Country Living magazine and Ideal Home, think countryside chic with vibrant pops (exactly what we’re all about here at The Swan!)
Her vision is for inspiring interiors and blurring the line between classic and contemporary, with bold colours and daring prints, aligned with our own Swan mantra, and thus, our Splendid rooms were born!
The spaces we have created together are a series of relaxing rooms and a superb, one-of-a-kind spa to help guests relax, unwind and recharge from the strains of a busy life. We just know you are going to love them.
Our vision: Bringing the outside in
Surrounded by endless greenery, the beautiful, babbling River Leven right on our doorstep and of course the fells and falls the Lake District is so famously known for, it’s not surprising our brand-new rooms pay homage to the very scene they’re planted in.
Our new spa rooms are designed to be relaxing, calming and serene, aiming to create coherence with natures colour palette, with that special touch of boldness that we here at The Swan like to sprinkle. Just as the spa garden allows guests to immerse themselves into our natural surroundings, so do our bedrooms.
“In those rooms that face the 'hillside' we created a scheme of soft greens and for the ‘riverside rooms we went with warm blues.
As The Swan is known for its colourful fun interiors each room also has pops of colour for contrast, although the rooms are more tonal than those in the existing hotel to create calm, restful spaces for the spa guests.”- Fiona Parke
In our garden view Splendid rooms, you’ll find muted neutrals accompanied by pops of green, a colour symbolic of refreshment and peace, rest and security. In our river view rooms, you can look forward to soulful blue, a hue known to evoke emotions of inspiration, depth, and sincerity, contrasted with playful pops of pink, in keeping with the Swan magic our guests know and love!