40-Key Country House Hotel Set In 250 Acres, 18-Hole Golf in Berkshire…Scope To Add Another 25 Rooms
Location: Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK – 90 minutes from Central London by great rail and road connections
Name: Donnington Grove Hotel & Golf Club
Guide Price: £10m
Guide Price per Key: £250k
No. of Keys: 40, with lapsed planning for a further 26 rooms
The Opportunity:
Donnington Grove is a beautiful, former 18th Century House, set over three storeys with projecting bays that offer uninterrupted views over the River Lambourn. The hotel offers distinctive and stylish accommodation comprising 40 en suite bedrooms contained within the main manor house. There are also a selection of private out buildings, an in-house restaurant and bar, conference and meeting space and an 18 hole championship golf course.
Donnington Grove dates back to 1763 when it was owned by James Petit Andrews who employed well known architect, John Chute, to design and build the original manor house. The property was then owned by William Brummell who extended the total demise of the estate to circa 850 acres. Since then parcels of land have been sold off and retained offering an estate of approximately 250 acres today. Following the ownership of William Brummell, the estate was then passed to the Hon. Reginald
Fellows, cousin to Winston Churchill where it’s remained in his ownership until 1991. The property was then purchased by Shi-Tenoji International from Japan who
constructed the 18 hole golf course along with the Japanese temple and gardens.
The hotel has been held under the current ownership since 2005.
The hotel is close to Highclere Castle, Newbury Racecourse, Vodaphone HQ and Donnington Castle – and with it’s proximity to London, is ideal for both corporate and leisure business.
The hotel is approached at ground floor level with the reception desk situated on the left hand side upon arrival through the main hotel entrance. Guests are then
welcomed by a triple height hallway which boasts beautiful period features and a wrap around staircase which grants access to a selection of bedrooms on the first and second floors levels of the main hotel.
Access to the Avon Room, one of four meeting rooms, is granted off the main hallway and provides function space for up 16 delegates. Together with the Marquee, the hotel can cater for indoor functions for upto 120 pax. Continuing through the hotel, guests can relax in the Chinese Room or enter the northern hallway which provides access to two further function rooms; The Cloudy Room and the largest room, The Kennett. The northern hallway provides further access to the accommodation situated in the more recent extensions of the hotel which have been built around an internal courtyard.
The accommodation at the hotel comprises 40 en suite bedrooms (two suites and four triples) which are well presented and maintained. Due to the age of the hotel and the more recent additions the bedrooms vary in sizes but overall are extremely well proportioned. Many of the bedrooms in the main house boast high ceilings and beautiful cornices.
20 of the bedrooms are in the Main House…6 doubles in the Summer House, 10 doubles in Lakeview and the last 4 doubles in the Pavilion Lodge.
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes from London’s West End
- 40 well presented en suite bedrooms
- Lapsed planning consent for 26 additional bedrooms
- Set within circa 250 acres of landscaped grounds
- 18-hole championship golf course and popular driving range
- Prime regional location, situated within the M4 corridor and two miles from Newbury Train Station
- Restaurant and bar facilities situated at ground floor level
- 4 meeting rooms and event space with the largest holding up to 120 guests
- Staff accommodation on site
- Parking for approximately 60 vehicles
- Freehold
The grounds of the hotel extend to circa 250 acres and include beautifully landscaped gardens, a golf course, driving range, areas of woodland a walled garden which contains the Japanese temple and grounds.
There is a lapsed planning consent for an additional 26 bedrooms. Further information can be found in the data room. There is ample car parking at the hotel with a drop off area to the front and car parking to the rear. The Gatehouse and The Pink Lodge are residential dwellings within the demise of the estate and offer accommodation for staff. The ground keepers warehouse is situated adjacent to the A34 and stores the majority of machinery used for the golf course.
Flag & Management: Open to new owner
Current Owner: Family since 2005
Main Photo: The hotel set in 250 acres
Financials: 2019-21 financials and floor-plans with EOI – via a dataroom
Tenure: Freehold
Agent: Knight Frank….THPT would need to be retained by the buyer
Date Posted: May 2022
THPT Comment: This is an exceptional opportunity to purchase an iconic asset, within the M4 corridor, only one hour thirty minutes from central London, with significant development potential and future possibilities to grow revenue through refurbishment of the hotel bedrooms and extension of the hotel.
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