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Nidd Hall, Harrogate
Project details:
- Lift Modernisation
- Lift Maintenance
Grade II Listed Manor House in the Yorkshire Dales
We take great pride in our projects that take place in the historic stately homes and manor houses found across the UK, particularly in Yorkshire. This project focuses on a Grade II listed manor house situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Originally built in 1830 for a wealthy wool merchant, the mansion is one of North Yorkshire’s grandest 19th-century properties, set within 45 acres of parkland. Today, the estate serves as a four-star luxury hotel and leisure destination featuring 182 guest bedrooms.
For this premium hotel and for all other businesses operating hotels in this sector, having reliable front-of-house lifts is essential to the guest experience and accessibility. In this instance, the hotel’s management had decided to take a proactive approach towards any potential lift reliability issues.
As a result, during the early part of 2025, Jackson was asked to tender for the work required to address potential reliability problems due to the ageing hydraulic equipment which powers the hotel’s two essential lifts. As with all projects of this type, our Regional Sales Engineer visited the site to undertake a detailed lift survey and discuss time frames for any modernisation work that was required to address the hotel management’s requirements.
Following on from our survey, we submitted a competitive tender and were subsequently delighted to be awarded the contract for the hydraulic modernisation of the two front-of-house lifts located in the main building.
The work was undertaken in a fully operational hotel and required Jackson local engineers to remove the old hydraulic system, including the lift controllers, and then rewiring the shafts, installing two new energy-efficient hydraulic lift packages with controllers. During the project, we worked closely with the hotel’s management and reception teams to overcome any potential inconvenience to the guests. Also, to ensure continuous lift availability, we staggered our work, ensuring that one lift was always in service for the guests throughout the modernisation.
Another important upgrade we made to the lift was to replace the existing lift car operating panels with new, fully compliant operating panels with tactile illuminated buttons.
Once fully tested, both lifts were returned to service and handed back to the hotel, much to the satisfaction of the management and reception staff.