The Double Duke
King Bed Room with a writing desk, lounge seating sectional sofa and private bathroom
Lined with fretwork wallpaper, The Double Duke is a Deluxe King room that envelops visitors in shades of deep cinnabar and features a king-sized bed, writing desk, and striped sectional seating. Thoughtful textiles abound, including pistachio-hued window shades, handmade hooked rug, and upholstered coffee table. The Double Duke is inspired by the old Village Reading Room, which served as a library and sitting room during the day and a site for general revelry (and a good rabbit pie) at night. It closed indefinitely after a fight broke out between the groundskeeper at Cranbrook Manor and a man who looked exactly like the young and dashing Duke of Chester. But it couldn’t have been him, as the Duke was a guest of Lord Ashborne that very night, and dozens of witnesses saw him at the dinner party held in his honor. Doppelganger? Or does the Duke have an unacknowledged twin?

