Beauport Park, Country house near Hastings, East Sussex, England
Beauport Park is a country house estate in East Sussex, England, built in the 18th century and now operating as a hotel with leisure facilities on its grounds. The property includes a golf course, open parkland, and areas of woodland that surround the main house.
General Sir James Murray had the house built between 1763 and 1766, naming it after a location in Canada where he had served as a military governor. The estate changed hands several times over the following centuries before being converted into a hotel.
The name of this estate comes from a place in the province of Quebec, Canada, which is unusual for an English country house. Visitors who look into this connection find a thread linking rural Sussex to the history of the British Empire.
The estate sits just outside Hastings and is easiest to reach by car. If you plan to use the golf course or the riding facilities, it is worth booking ahead, especially during busy periods.
In the 1960s, archaeologists working on the grounds uncovered one of the largest Roman iron works ever found in Britain. The site had been an industrial area for centuries before anyone thought of building a country house on top of it.
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