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Rooms and Rates

No of rooms: 6
Double Room from £110.00
Single Room from £75.00

Cuisine

Modern Irish

Food Prices

Set Dinner £32.50
House Wine From £13.00

Food Serving Times

Dinner Tuesday – Saturday 19.00 – 20.30
Light meals available on request Sunday & Monday 19.00 – 20.30
Complimentary Tea/Coffee and homemade shortbread served in drawing room for guests.

Seasonal Closures

3 weeks including Christmas, New Year and early January.

Member type

Accommodation
Country Houses
Resident Dining Only
Restaurants & Pubs

Facilities

Car Parking
Civil Licence
Garden for visitors use
Tea/Coffee making facilities in Bedroom
Wedding
Wine
Wireless Internet Access Free

Interests

Food & Gardens
Food & Weddings

Setting

Garden
Rural
Village

Style

Relaxing
Romantic

 

Newforge House

Craigavon  |  Armagh
 
 
Good old-fashioned hospitality and first class food have given Newforge House the edge over many other similar establishments. Add in mature gardens and trees, the quiet, country surroundings of Magheralin village and there’s no doubt that this Georgian Country House has a lot to offer. While there, it’s difficult to believe that it’s less than 30 minutes drive to Belfast and within easy driving of the city’s two airports.
 
The house dates back to 1785 and has been in the Mathers family for six generations. Sensitive restoration work to the family home was undertaken to ensure that the traditional mixes well with the contemporary. The original period features and modern facilities and comforts blend perfectly together. There’s an interesting historical feature in the walled garden - the original square chimney from the linen mill, which slightly pre-dates the main house. A smaller original dwelling, built c. 1750, has in addition to the main house been restored and now houses John's parents. The gardens, original dwelling and main house are listed. 
 
There are six bedrooms, all individually designed and with luxurious en-suite accommodation. Two superior rooms on the first floor combine the elegance of high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows with modern conveniences that include wireless broadband access, separate fax and telephone lines, TV and DVD. Original fireplaces and plasterwork have been retained.
Two of the standard rooms, which have the same facilities, are ideal for families as there is enough space for a cot or camp bed.
 
Owners Louise and John Mather place great emphasis on providing the best of food for guests. They source the freshest local produce, using seasonal ingredients, organic dairy produce and free-range meats. Guests are encouraged to enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the dining room. Fresh breads include the Northern specialities of soda bread, wheaten bread and potato bread accompanied by homemade marmalade or jam. Cereals, fresh fruit salad and juices are on the breakfast bar; traditional Ulster fry is cooked to order, as are porridge, pancakes with honey, butter or maple syrup, omelettes or grilled kippers. There is also a vegetarian fry for those who prefer not to eat meat.

Dinner menus reflect the seasons; start with Drumgooland Hot Smoked Salmon with Lemon and Chive Crème Fraîche or perhaps Pea and Lettuce soup. Follow with a Fillet of Irish beef with Garlic Butter, pan-seared Sea Bass with Dublin Bay Prawns and Basil or Oven-Roasted Free-range Chicken from Mullens Organic Farm with a Mushroom Cream Sauce. There are some must-have desserts – Baked White Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake with Cointreau Orange segments or Citrus Tart with Summer Berries. The Irish Artisan Cheese Board has six varieties and is served with Ditty’s delicious Oatcakes, Walnut Oaties and Celery and Pepper Oatcakes. Retire to the drawing room with its open log fire for a postprandial brandy and good coffee.

News:
Congratulations to John and Louise Mather who recently won the prestigious Northern Ireland Tourist Board Guesthouse of the Year Award 2008


 
 

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58 Newforge Road
Magheralin
Craigavon
Co Armagh
BT67 0QL
+44 (0) 28 92611255
Email: enquiries@newforgehouse.com
Web: www.newforgehouse.com
 
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