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The Slaughters Manor House
Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom · Independent · Near Luxury
The Slaughters Manor House sits in Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds, a 17th-century manor with river views, gardens, and fine dining in one of England's prettiest villages.
- 19 rooms
- Opened 1964
About The Slaughters Manor House
- The manorial site has been occupied since at least 1004 AD, and in 1443 the manor became a convent for nuns of the Order of Syon.
- King James I granted the estate to Sir George Whitmore in 1611, who later became Lord Mayor of London in 1631.
- A 1656 contract engaged mason Valentine Strong to rebuild the ruinous medieval house; his sons later helped Sir Christopher Wren build St Paul's Cathedral.
- The Whitmore family owned the estate for more than 350 years until it became a hotel in 1964.
History
The Slaughters Manor House stands in Lower Slaughter, one of the Cotswolds' prettiest villages, on a manorial site occupied since at least 1004 AD. In 1443 the manor became a convent for nuns of the Order of Syon; it returned to the Crown in 1603 and in 1611 was granted by King James I to Sir George Whitmore, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and later Lord Mayor of London. A 1656 contract engaged the noted mason Valentine Strong — whose sons helped Sir Christopher Wren build St Paul's Cathedral — to rebuild the ruinous medieval house, and the current Grade-II-listed house dates largely from that mid-seventeenth-century rebuilding.
The estate stayed in the Whitmore family for more than 350 years until 1964, when it became a hotel. Andrew Brownsword Hotels acquired it in 2011 and renovated it in 2016. It offers nineteen bedrooms across the main house and a Coach House converted from a 1770s stable block.
The setting
1.6 miles from Bourton-on-the-Water. 3 miles from Stow-on-the-Wold.
Awards
- AA Four Red Stars (2025)
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