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THE PIG at Bridge Place
Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom · THE PIG · Core Luxury
Sir Arnold Braems, who ran Dover Harbour, raised this Jacobean manor around 1638; most of it came down in 1704 and one wing slept as a ruin until the 1960s, when Bridge Place Country Club put Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Kinks and the Yardbirds on its stage. Robin and Judy Hutson opened the sixth PIG here on 30 April 2019, uncovered a Jacobean plaster ceiling, and earned B Corp certification. Judy Hutson did the interiors.
- 29 rooms
- Opened 2019
- Neighborhood: Bridge
- Interiors: Judy Hutson
About THE PIG at Bridge Place
- Built around 1638 by Sir Arnold Braems, most of the Jacobean manor was demolished in 1704 and lay in ruin for two centuries, with only one wing surviving.
- In the 1960s the surviving wing became the Bridge Place Country Club, a rock club whose stage hosted Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, and the Yardbirds.
- The restoration that turned it into THE PIG in 2019 uncovered a hidden Jacobean plaster ceiling and earned B Corp certification.
History
THE PIG at Bridge Place is set in a Jacobean manor built around 1638 by Sir Arnold Braems, a manager of Dover Harbour, near Canterbury in Kent. Much of the grand house was taken down in 1704 and left to ruin for two centuries, though one wing survived. In the 1960s the surviving building found fame as the Bridge Place Country Club, a rock-and-roll nightclub whose stage hosted Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Kinks and the Yardbirds.
After the club closed, Robin and Judy Hutson's Home Grown Hotels transformed the property into the sixth PIG hotel, which opened on 30 April 2019. With interiors by Judy Hutson and around 29 rooms spread across the main house, a coach house, hop-picker huts and lodges, the restoration uncovered a Jacobean plaster ceiling and earned B Corp certification.
The setting
4 miles from Canterbury Cathedral. 3 miles from Howletts Wild Animal Park.
Restaurants and bars
- THE PIG-at Bridge Place Restaurant — Restaurant
Awards
- AA Three Red Stars (2025)
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