South Lodge
/ About
South Lodge was built as a private family home in the 1880s and is now an Exclusive Collection country-house hotel at Lower Beeding, near Horsham, set in 93 acres with views to the South Downs. The original house keeps its carved woodwork and period wallpaper, and the estate runs to 96 bedrooms, a 44,000 sq ft spa and three restaurants, among them The Pass, Ben Wilkinson's Michelin-starred tasting counter inside the kitchen.
For a celebration, Gladstone is the room to know. It sits on the ground floor under ornate cornicing and chandeliers, with triple-aspect windows over the Downs, and seats 130 for dinner. Glyndebourne on the first floor takes 70 beneath a peaked ceiling, Disraeli has its own terrace for 50, and Camellia Two, a dining room in the Victorian house, suits a dinner for twenty. The Pass seats 28 for a private tasting menu.
Weddings use a wrought-iron pavilion on the lawn and Wordsworth, the lower-ground suite with a secret doorway for the entrance. There are 13 function rooms in all, and the whole hotel can be taken on an exclusive-use basis, grounds, spa and helipad included. Gatwick is 25 minutes away and London Victoria 50 minutes by train.
/ Rooms Available
Gladstone
PrivateThe largest suite, on the ground floor, with high ceilings, ornate cornicing, chandeliers, a marble reception and triple-aspect windows over the South Downs.
Wordsworth
PrivateA lower-ground suite of the same size as Gladstone, with its own outdoor terrace and a secret doorway, the most popular room for civil ceremonies.
Camellia
Exclusive HireThe hotel's modern fine-dining restaurant, cooking produce from the walled garden, with three AA Rosettes.
Botanica
Exclusive HireThe informal, Mediterranean-leaning restaurant, with a spacious outside terrace.
Glyndebourne
PrivateA first-floor room with a peaked ceiling, statement chandeliers and double-aspect windows.
Disraeli
PrivateA ground-floor room with large windows over the South Downs and a private terrace for drinks outside.
Goodwood
PrivateA spacious wood-panelled room with large dual-aspect windows and views over the grounds.
Churchill
PrivateA ground-floor room with a windowed boardroom layout.
Tennyson
PrivateA traditional wood-panelled room on the lower ground floor with outside access.
Hickstead
PrivateA beautifully appointed first-floor room with views over the grounds.
Keats
PrivateA lower-ground breakout space designed to bring the natural world inside.
The Pass
Exclusive HireBen Wilkinson's Michelin-starred restaurant set inside the kitchen, serving a seasonal tasting menu.
Arundel
PrivateA first-floor suite with video conferencing.
Camellia Two
PrivateA dining room in the original Victorian house, for lunch, dinner or afternoon tea.
Knepp
PrivateA first-floor room facing the South Downs and flooded with natural light.
Witterings
PrivateA first-floor room with exposed stonework and rich furnishings.
Petworth
PrivateA small first-floor room for meetings, interviews or breakout sessions.
Pavilion
Semi PrivateA wrought-iron pavilion on the lawn with the 19th-century house behind, used for outdoor ceremonies.
/ Perfect For
/ Features
Catering
- – In-House Luxury Dining
- – Bespoke Menus
- – Michelin-Starred
Venue Specs
- – Dedicated Events Team
- – Air Conditioned
- – Outdoor Terrace
- – High-Speed Wi-Fi
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