Gravetye Manor

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title: "Gravetye Manor" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["country-house-hotels", "country-houses-in-east-sussex", "east-grinstead", "elizabethan-architecture", "forests-and-woodlands-of-east-sussex", "gardens-in-east-sussex", "grade-i-listed-buildings-in-west-sussex", "grade-i-listed-houses", "grade-ii*-listed-parks-and-gardens-in-east-sussex", "hotels-in-east-sussex", "michelin-starred-restaurants-in-the-united-kingdom", "restaurants-in-sussex"] description: "Manor house located near East Grinstead" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravetye_Manor" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Manor house located near East Grinstead ::

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Field	Value
name	Gravetye Manor
image	Gravetye Manor Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 21230.jpg
city	East Grinstead, West Sussex
country	England
coordinates
rating	(Michelin Guide)
website
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| name = Gravetye Manor | image = Gravetye Manor Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 21230.jpg | city = East Grinstead, West Sussex | country = England | coordinates = | rating = (Michelin Guide) | website = Gravetye Manor is a manor house located near East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The former home of landscape gardener William Robinson, it is now a hotel and restaurant holding, in 2020, one star in the Michelin Guide, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, its gardens are also Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

History

The two-storey Elizabethan house was built in 1598 by Richard Infield, an ironmaster, for his new bride Katherine Compton.

It was the home of William Robinson, author of The English Flower Garden, from 1884 until his death in 1935. He commissioned architect Sir Ernest George to add a matching wing to the northeast and developed the garden into one of the most famous in England. After his death it and the surrounding 1000 acre natural landscaped grounds were left to the Forestry Commission. Used as a base for Canadian Army soldiers during World War II, who dug out parts of Robinson's garden to plant potatoes and leeks to supplement their rations, postwar it was left derelict for many years.

Country house hotel

In 1958, the property and grounds were leased to business partners Robin Howard, During his 40 years of ownership, Herbert also restored Robinson's core 52 acre of natural gardens (which cost £50,000 per annum to maintain),

In 2004, Peter Herbert and his second wife Sue retired to a cottage on the house lands, and sold the business to Andrew Russell and chef Mark Raffan, under whose management, following the Great Recession, the business fell into administration early in 2010. After the administrators agreed a deal with Von Essen Hotels, in March 2010 the property lease was bought by long-term guest and professional investor Jeremy Hosking, who has since invested £2.5M in the property and gardens. He has since invested in a new building infilling the courtyard to provide a new restaurant designed by architect Sir Charles Knowles, another long-term guest. The gardens still exist and are accessible to hotel guests.

References

References

1. (24 January 2008). "Full list of Michelin stars in Britain and Ireland". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
2. "Gravetye Manor – East Grinstead - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant".
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5. (28 November 2013). "Former Gravetye Manor owner Peter Herbert dies". The Caterer.
6. (3 June 2004). "Herbert to sell Gravetye Manor". The Caterer.
7. bighospitality.co.uk. (8 January 2010). "Gravetye Manor looks for new owner after going into administration".
8. (2 March 2010). "Hosking stokes up luxury hotel purchase". The Times.
9. (3 October 2017). "Gravetye Manor Hotel". The Daily Telegraph.

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