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Seclude Hotels opens 300-year-old fort
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Saturday, 19 September, 2026, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Seclude Hotels has announced the launch of Seclude Fort Unchagaon, a 300-year-old heritage fort in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Spread across 19 acres of mango orchards, the 22-room property is around two hours from Delhi NCR and marks Seclude’s largest heritage redesign to date.
Fort Unchagaon is a natural progression for the brand, which has built its portfolio around distinctive properties with character and a strong connection to their surroundings. From heritage villas in Shimla and Kerala to its royal properties in Hampi and Nahan, the brand has consistently chosen spaces that already have a story to tell. A 300-year-old family fort takes that philosophy to its most ambitious setting yet.
Ramit Sethi, co-founder, Seclude Hotels, said, “One of the things that sealed it for me was realizing that I was staying in a room where Jawaharlal Nehru had once stayed. I could see how the old kings lived through the photographs on the walls, and everywhere I looked, the spaces were bursting with potential, waiting to be explored. Taking on a property like this is our biggest challenge and our greatest joy — figuring out how to bring all of that history, character and possibility to life. How could I say no?”
The restoration has been guided by a simple principle: preserve the character that cannot be recreated. The fort’s original architecture, royal courts, family collections and heirlooms remain an integral part of the property. The Tiger Room retains hunting artefacts from the estate’s royal past, while an old Air India lounge houses vintage travel memorabilia. Family photographs, books, cameras and other objects collected over generations can be found throughout the fort.
Rohit Sethi, founder, Seclude Hotels, said, “As we entered the fort on our first visit, I knew I wanted it. The massive gates, the grand scale, the feeling of the place — I knew immediately that this was something we could never create anywhere else. And then we got to work, redesigning the spaces and bringing out the details that nod to its 300 years of history. Because that is something we could never build in our lifetimes, and that is what makes Unchagaon so special.”
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