EASTINGTON PARK

EASTINGTON PARK, SPRING HILL, STONEHOUSE GL10 3RY, UK

01453 827926

Check-In: Monday, July 22, 2024 | Check-Out: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

https://www.eastingtonpark.co.uk/

Eastington Park was built in 1815 by a local clothier and mill owner called Henry Hicks. Mr Hicks purchased the estate in 1806 from the Stephens Family, after the original building, Eastington Manor, was demolished in 1778.

There were four notable families who lived in Eastington

Park and they all achieved their wealthy lifestyles through industry and commerce, as opposed to via the privilege and patronage that tended to accompany those with their roots in the landed gentry.

Some of the families that lived here were very well connected with high society and had some very interesting friends. The de Lisle Bush family were great friends with the world famous England cricket captain, WG Grace, who came to Eastington Park on many occasions. Also, Henry Hicks was very close friends with Doctor Edward Jenner, who pioneered the worlds first vaccine – it has been said that he ‘saved more lives than the work of any other human’.