Welcome to the world inside Eaves Hall.
Finally I can sit down and get my first blog written. What a morning it has been! I have been covering reception and the telephones have been ringing incessantly (that’s good!), and news is that the owner is on her way in.
Since the takeover of Eaves Hall Hotel by Richardson Hotels in January this year (2007), I have seen many remarkable changes following years of no development or investment. Many of our guests have given very positive feedback about the transformation our bedrooms, lobby area, ballroom have undergone and now the restaurant, with its controversial chandelier. We now have 10 beautiful new chandeliers and the cleaning is proving to be a great challenge. Imported from Venice and personally selected by Ann Richardson, they are very valuable and understandably this makes the staff nervous when cleaning them.
The restaurant chandelier, the subject of endless debate, is a replica of a very early Venetian chandelier. Striking though it is, I do feel it is very much a marmite thing; you either love it or hate it!
My personal favourites are the 2 which hang in the Lancaster room along with a very imposing portrait taken from Ann Richardson’s Torquay home.
Oops - time to sign off for now as the boss, Mrs R has arrived!
