So, a little bit about us… So far six generations of Cunliffes have been associated with the two estates.
As you’ll see in the above pic, we are very much a family-run hotel. John and Christine (on the left) started Gilpin in 1988, and were joined by eldest son Barney and his wife Zoë (on the right, with their daughter Xiá) in 2001, running the business together until John and Chris’s sad passing in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Younger son Ben (centre with his wife Rachel), of Ben Cunliffe Architects, is involved with the architecture of Gilpin Hotel & Lake House.
As with many things at Gilpin, the #loveandlaughter strapline came from comments from two sets of guests, who said to Zoë (independently of each other), that when they think of Gilpin they think of love and laughter – theirs, and ours, which is a huge compliment.
