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Tylney Hall Hotel
Rotherwick, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Tylney Hall is a Grade II-listed Georgian country-house hotel in Rotherwick, Hampshire, gardens, golf, and fine dining between Basingstoke and the North Hampshire downs.
- 66 rooms
- Opened 1985
- Architect: R. Selden Wornum
About Tylney Hall Hotel
- South African mining financier Sir Lionel Phillips bought the estate for 77,000 pounds in 1898 and commissioned architect R. Selden Wornum to rebuild it into the Grade II*-listed mansion that stands today.
- The Great Hall is panelled in Italian walnut with ceiling sections brought directly from the Grimani Palace in Venice.
- Garden designer Gertrude Jekyll advised on the planting of the water garden starting in 1906, alongside architects Wornum and Robert Weir Schultz.
- The estate served as a hospital in World War One and became the wartime headquarters of Lord Rotherwick's Clan Line shipping company in World War Two.
- It operated as a school from 1948 to 1984 before reopening as a hotel in October 1985, and its grounds hold one of the longest uninterrupted vistas in Hampshire.
History
Tylney Hall, near Rotherwick in Hampshire, stands on a site where a mansion has existed since 1561; the first Tylney Hall was built around 1700 by Frederick Tylney but was later demolished. Charles E. Harris built a new mansion in the late 1870s, and in 1898 Sir Lionel Phillips - a South African mining financier and later baronet - bought the estate for 77,000 pounds and commissioned architect R. Selden Wornum to remodel it extensively between 1898 and 1901 into the Grade II*-listed red-brick house that stands today, complete with a Great Hall panelled in Italian walnut and ceiling sections brought from the Grimani Palace in Venice.
Its celebrated gardens were laid out by Wornum and Robert Weir Schultz, with planting advice from Gertrude Jekyll. The hall served as a hospital in the First World War, became headquarters of Lord Rotherwick's Clan Line shipping in the Second, and was a school from 1948 until 1984. After extensive refurbishment it reopened as a hotel and restaurant on 1 October 1985 and is today part of Elite Hotels, set in acres of gardens and parkland with one of the longest uninterrupted vistas in Hampshire.
The setting
6.6 miles from Basingstoke.
Restaurants and bars
- The Oak Room Restaurant — Restaurant
- Old library bar — Bar
Experiences
- Social events and celebrations — Birthdays, anniversaries, vow renewals, engagements, baby showers, wakes, and retirement and graduation events.
- Afternoon tea in the Grey Lounge — Afternoon tea in the Grey Lounge, which has views over the gardens and grounds.
Amenities
- Bespoke event menus
- Events team support for celebrations, including wakes
Awards
- AA Four Red Stars (2025)
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