Scalford Country House Hotel
The Scalford Country House Hotel, an Edwardian-period country house on Scalford Road near Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire), was used by the Home Office as asylum accommodation from around 2021[1]. It stopped housing asylum seekers around late 2023 and the contract ended in early 2024; the hotel did not reopen to guests and was subsequently marketed for sale[3].
Background
The Scalford Country House Hotel is an Edwardian-period country house near the village of Scalford, north of Melton Mowbray. From around 2021 it entered an agreement with the Home Office, initially to provide short-stay quarantine accommodation for asylum seekers before they were moved on to longer-term accommodation[1], and asylum seekers began moving in that year[2]. The Melton Times later reported that the hotel had stopped housing asylum seekers, that the Home Office contract had ended in early 2024, and that the hotel had not reopened to guests[3]. The Edwardian house was subsequently marketed for sale by the hotels team at Colliers[4].
Timeline
Timeline
2021
Home Office arrangement begins
Agreement to provide short-stay quarantine accommodation for asylum seekers; residents begin moving in.
Late 2023
Stops housing asylum seekers
Melton Times reports the hotel is to stop housing asylum seekers.
Early 2024
Contract ends
Home Office contract ends; the hotel does not reopen to guests.
May 2024
Marketed for sale
The Edwardian country house is put up for sale via Colliers.
Cost analysis
No per-hotel Home Office contract figure has been published for the Scalford Country House Hotel, and its asylum capacity was not made public, so no reliable per-site cost can be given. As a general benchmark, the Migration Observatory reported an average of around £170 per person per night for hotel asylum accommodation[5].
Sources
- Hotel talks about its new arrangement with Home Office — Melton Times, 2021
The Scalford Country House Hotel near Melton Mowbray entered an agreement with the Home Office to provide temporary short-stay accommodation for asylum seekers before they moved on to longer-term accommodation.
- Asylum-seekers begin moving into hotel near Melton — Melton Times, 2021
Melton Times reported that asylum seekers had begun moving into the Scalford Country House Hotel near Melton Mowbray.
- Scalford hotel to stop housing asylum-seekers — Melton Times, 2024
Melton Times reported that the Scalford Country House Hotel had stopped housing asylum seekers, that the Home Office contract had ended, and that the hotel had not reopened to guests.
- Scalford Country House Hotel up for sale — Melton Times / Colliers, May 2024
The Scalford Country House Hotel, an Edwardian-period country house, was marketed for sale by the hotels team at Colliers in 2024 after its use as asylum accommodation ended.
- Asylum accommodation in the UK — Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Aug 2025
£170 per person per day in hotels (2024/25 average); used for per-hotel estimates and food/utilities breakdowns.