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Greywalls Hotel, a Marine & Lawn Hotel
Gullane, Scotland, United Kingdom · Marine & Lawn · Core Luxury
Built in 1901 beside Muirfield golf links, Greywalls is a Sir Edwin Lutyens country house whose walled gardens were laid out by Gertrude Jekyll and whose pre-war house parties included King Edward VII. Extended by Sir Robert Lorimer, bought by Sir James Horlick in 1924, and a hotel since 1948, it retains 23 en-suite rooms as a Marine & Lawn property.
- 23 rooms
- Opened 1948
- Neighborhood: Muirfield
- Architect: Sir Edwin Lutyens; west wing and lodges by Sir Robert Lorimer
About Greywalls Hotel, a Marine & Lawn Hotel
- The house was built as a holiday home for golfer the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton; William James bought it in 1905 before Lorimer's lodges and west wing.
- A six-acre walled garden holds tennis courts, a croquet lawn, and a putting green looking toward the Firth of Forth.
- The French restaurant includes a whisky room; an upscale cottage on the grounds sleeps ten.
History
Greywalls is an Edwardian country house on the edge of Muirfield golf links in Gullane, East Lothian, designed by the great British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and built in 1901 as a holiday home for the keen golfer the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton. Its celebrated walled gardens were laid out by Lutyens's frequent collaborator Gertrude Jekyll. Sold to Mr William James in 1905, the house was extended by architect Sir Robert Lorimer, who added gatehouse lodges in 1908 and a major new west wing in 1911. In the years before the First World War it hosted glittering house parties, including guests such as King Edward VII.
Lt Col Sir James Horlick purchased Greywalls in 1924, and it has remained in his family (the Weavers) since. The property first became a hotel in 1948. Today it operates with 23 en-suite rooms as part of the Marine & Lawn collection, retaining its Lutyens architecture and Jekyll gardens overlooking the Firth of Forth.
The setting
2 miles from Dirleton Castle.
Amenities
- Tennis
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