The hotel, garden and restaurant complex, a roughly three-hour drive from London, has spiralling gardens day visitors can enjoy, a spa and a cider press.
The roughly 300-year-old property previously housed the Hobhouse family for close to two centuries, including acclaimed English garden designer Penelope Hobhouse. The property is Grade II listed, which means it required additional care to be taken during construction to preserve the building's architecture. Before Bekker and Roos could start construction, they also had to ensure that the roughly 2,000 endangered newts would be protected.
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