The Grove
44-1923/807-807
COST: $$$
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From Food & Wine , MAY 2004
This manor house secluded in its own 300-acre park was England's most impressive hotel opening of 2003. Even if you're not staying, go gawk at the opulent decor. There's also a huge spa and three excellent restaurants, of which the star is Colette's, featuring Chris Harrod's masterly haute British-modern menus....MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure , DEC 2003
Having taken six years and a small fortune to create, the 227-room Grove is a one-of-a-kind extravaganza designed for a clientele that's just as comfortable playing croquet in a large walled garden as it is sleeping in a feather-trimmed Lucite four-poster bed. The décor—courtesy of Fox Linton Associates—is an arty mix of antiques (marble fireplaces, claw-foot tubs), 21st-century opulence (white silk walls, red leather tables), and provocative modern design (see-through closet doors). The former estate of the fourth earl of...MORE>>
From Food & Wine , SEP 2003
Four years in the making, this 227-room hotel opening this month in a landmarked 18th-century mansion bears no relation to England's stolid stately homes or its frumpy country-house hotels....MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2003
The Grove, the massive 18th-century former home of the Earls of Clarendon, was recently restored under the supervision of the English Heritage, with sensuous interiors by Mary Fox Linton—porcelain chandeliers, lacquered sycamore furniture, Portland stone floors. The mansion's real offerings are best appreciated in numbers: 45,000 trees, 7,170 yards of golf, 350 staff members, 300 acres, 227 rooms, 10 honeybee hives, six World War II air-raid shelters, three restaurants, two lakes, one heliport, and a donkey....MORE>>
Last updated May 2004
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