Our vision
We plan to restore Hackwood Park estate, creating a country house hotel that respects its historical essence while offering modern amenities. Building on Maybourne’s long history of reviving and elevating significant heritage sites – and addressing the fact that the estate has been vacant for over 20 years – the proposals ensure Hackwood’s future will be safeguarded. The main house, stable block and gardens retain their extraordinary national heritage value, with the Grade II* listed house and Grade I listed parks at the heart of the restoration.
Claridge’s Art Deco ballroom after restoration
Our experience
The Maybourne Group is a renowned hotel operator with a strong history of restoring and enhancing historic properties. Our team is dedicated to heritage conservation, bringing together experts who are passionate about maintaining historical integrity while updating facilities for modern use.
A prime example of our team’s expertise is the meticulous restoration of Claridge’s Art Deco ballroom in Mayfair. Originally designed in 1929 by Oswald Milne, the ballroom has been returned to its former glory. Our restoration reinstated original features like the Art Deco ceiling, mirrors, and lighting fixtures.
Our key design features will include:
- House to hotel conversion – The house will be sensitively adapted to form the main part of the hotel, with suites, restaurants and bar spaces, all sensitively created within the existing heritage rooms and in a new wing, which will be neatly concealed by pre-existing landscape.
- Stable block conversion – Sensitively repurposing parts of the stable block into guest accommodation, preserving crucial elements such as the historic riding school.
- Spa installation – Making use of existing underground structures to create spa facilities, ensuring minimal disturbance to the estate’s original footprint.
- Restaurant: There will be several publicly accessible restaurants and bars onsite all suited to different occasions and requirements from all day dining to a speciality restaurant.
- Amphitheatre restoration – Revitalising the amphitheatre and surrounding landscapes to host cultural events, celebrating Hackwood’s historic charm.
- Exclusive lodging – Introducing a select number of lodges in a less historically sensitive corner of the estate, designed to offer privacy and blend seamlessly with the existing character.
The estate history
Originating as a wooded part of the Manor of Eastdrop, Hackwood Park’s story begins with its enclosure as a deer park in 1223. Following the destruction of the lodge in the civil war, it was remodelled larger with a formal landscape being laid out. With the creation of the first Duke of Bolton, originally the 6th Marquess, a new house was built between 1683-7 and formal treatment of the Spring Wood potentially began. Over the course of the next two generations, the landscape of Hackwood Park and Spring Wood in particular were developed using walks, canals, radiating avenues, and ramparts.
The main house at Hackwood is grade II* listed, while its parks and gardens are a rare example of a Charles Bridgeman grade I listed landscape. Other buildings, such as the listed stable block and riding school are notable examples of 17th century, neo-classical, architecture reflecting the extraordinary national heritage significance of the estate.
