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10 October 2014 Last updated at 21:38 BST
Seventeen bedrooms, a kitchen and meeting rooms were affected when the blaze tore through part of Crathorne Hall, near Yarm, Teesside, last week.
Repairs are under way and managers said they hoped the hotel would be reopened in about a month.
Work has begun to restore a Grade II listed hotel damaged by fire.