Restoration of one of Doncaster's landmark historic buildings is completed

The final room in the Victorian Rossington Hall, on Great North Road, has been restored eight years after the country house, which has origins dating back to the 1700s, was bought by businessman Gary Gee.

Mr Gee, who runs a company renting properties in Doncaster, bought the iconic building in May 2011 with the intention of restoring it to its Victorian prime.

His plan was to open it up in stages, with the income from the completed parts of the venue paying for the ongoing work. He and wife Michelle made the restoration their project – but Michelle did not live to see the work complete, as she died in 2016 after a battle with cancer.

It first opened with the downstairs section of the building offering weddings. Since then, the rest of the rooms have been turned into hotel, with bathrooms installed.

Now there are plans to do similar work on a 1920s extension to the building, which will provide accessible accommodation for disabled visitors. They are not allowed to fit lifts in the main building because the whole estate is listed.

There are now 21 bedrooms in the building.

Corporate events and business development manager at the hall, Gaynor Wand, said: “When Gary first bought it, it was just a wedding venue, because the rest of the building needed doing up.

“When he took over, it still looked like a council building inside. Previously it had suspended ceilings, and strip lighting. But the suspended ceilings had protected the plasterwork on the original ceilings.