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Rhinefield House Hotel
Brockenhurst, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Independent · Core Luxury
Rhinefield House is a Tudor-style country-house hotel in the New Forest near Brockenhurst, ornate interiors, gardens, and forest walks from a grand Hampshire estate.
- 50 rooms
- Opened 1982
- Rooms from 406 sq ft (38 m²)
- Architect: William Henry Romaine-Walker and Augustus William Tanner
About Rhinefield House Hotel
- Queen Victoria leased the Crown land to coal heiress Mabel Walker in 1882 on a 99-year term, and the couple commissioned the grand house that followed.
- Its Alhambra Room reproduces the Moorish splendor of Spain's Alhambra Palace, a project reportedly taking Spanish craftsmen two years to complete.
- The house's Grand Hall was modeled directly on Westminster Hall, and the estate has held dwellings since the New Forest was proclaimed around 1097.
- Entry-level rooms start at 406 sq ft (38 m²).
History
Rhinefield House rose from Crown land in the heart of the New Forest, a stretch of Hampshire wilderness that had sheltered keepers' lodges since William the Conqueror proclaimed the forest around 1097. In 1882 Queen Victoria leased the land to the coal heiress Mabel Walker on a 99-year term, and after her marriage the couple commissioned a grand new house on the site of an earlier keeper's lodge. Designed by the architects William Henry Romaine-Walker and Augustus William Tanner and built around 1888-1890, the mansion is an exuberant Victorian confection blending Tudor, Gothic and Flamboyant styles.
The house is famous for its fantastical interiors, including an Alhambra Room that reproduces the Moorish splendour of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, a project said to have taken Spanish craftsmen two years, and a Grand Hall modelled on Westminster Hall. In 1982 the property was acquired by Nicholas Hotels and converted into a country-house hotel with timeshare apartments in its 40 acres of grounds. It now trades under the Hand Picked Hotels flag with around 50 rooms.
Awards
- AA Four Red Stars (2025)
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