Cherkely Court Has Been Transformed Into The Beaverbrook, Surrey

Cherkley Court which was Lord Beaverbrook’s home near Box Hill in Surrey is in the process of being transformed into a luxury hotel.  The first 11 bedrooms, a restaurant and cookery school have recently opened.  The Golf Club and course, which was designed by Tom Watson, will be open later this month.  An additional 18 bedrooms, a bar, restaurant and screening room will open in the main Grade-II-listed French chateaux-style mansion next year.  This will be followed by six more bedrooms in buildings in the grounds, spa, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

Lord Beaverbrook bought the property in 1911 and was influenced in his purchase of this property by his friend Rudyard Kipling, as well as by the proximity of the house to London, making it within easy reach of Westminster and the City.  He used it principally to entertain and Asquith, Kipling, Harold Macmillan and Winston Churchill were regular guests. During World War II the house was an important centre for Lord Beaverbrook’s activities as Minister for Aircraft Production and a key member of Churchill’s War Cabinet.