Gravetye manor brochure 2014 2015

Vowels Lane, West Hoathly, Sussex, RH19 4LJTelephone (01342) 810567 | Facsimile (01342) 810080

E-mail [email protected]

Gravetye Manor

Gravetye Manor is a small country house hotel set in 1000 acres of wooded parklands

and gardens, famous for being created by William Robinson, arguably one of England’s

greatest gardeners.

“...beauty was never lost sight of; nothing was done without considering

its effect on the landscape from every point of view...”

William Robinson on Gravetye - 1918

All our rooms are individually furnished, providing the highest standards of comfort.

| OUR ROOMS |

Our walled kitchen garden provides our chef with fruit and vegetables throughout the year.

| DINING |

Head Chef – George Blogg

The gardens at Gravetye Manor are a very special place and can be considered amongst the most influential in English gardening history.

| OUR GARDEN |

Head Gardener – Tom Coward

William RobinsonThe Father of the English Flower GardenGravetye Manor can be considered one of the most historically influential gardens in the country, as it was once the home of writer and gardener, William Robinson. In his numerous books and publications he spelled out ground breaking ideas, rejecting the rigidity and formality of Victorian gardening and pioneering the more sensitive and naturalistic style of wild gardening and exuberant mixed borders.

| HISTORY |

In over five decades we have established a renowned reputation with our guests for being the venue of choice for life’s celebrations and important occasions.

| SPECIAL OCCASIONS |

Gravetye Manor is the ideal setting for those important meetings requiring discreet yet luxurious surroundings.

| CORPORATE EVENTS |

Chartwell - 24 miles (35 mins): Family home of Sir Winston Churchill

| AROUND GRAVETYE |

Great Dixter - 45 miles (1h 15 mins): Birthplace of Christopher Lloyd, one of the finest Arts & Crafts gardens

Sissinghurst Castle Gardens - 32 miles (1h): The creation of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson

Glyndebourne - 24 miles (45 mins): World class opera in the Sussex countryside

Wakehurst Place - 4.5 miles (10 mins): Royal Botanical Kew’s estate in the country

Hever Castle - 18 miles (30 mins): Childhood home of Anne Boleyn, infamous wife of King Henry VIII

Nymans Gardens- 14 miles (25 mins): Beautiful, theatrical design and superlative plant collection

Bluebell Railway - 2 miles (5 mins): Heritage steam railway with a station on Gravetye’s doorstep

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LONDON

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DOVER

Vowels Lane, West Hoathly, Sussex, RH19 4LJ

Telephone (01342) 810567Facsimile (01342) 810080E-mail [email protected]

| 12 miles from Gatwick Airport

| 30 miles from Central London

| 5 miles from East Grinstead (mainline train station)

| WHERE WE ARE |

“... In this, as in other matters pertaining to fitness & beauty, each place is treated according to its own character. A garden should grow out of its own site if we are to have the best of it. One should think of the spot and what can best be done with it...”

William Robinson on Gravetye - 1918