Moonfleet Manor
LocationFleet, Dorset, England
Coordinates50°37′26″N 2°32′32″W / 50.6238°N 2.5422°W / 50.6238; -2.5422
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMoonfleet Manor Hotel, Fleet
Designated26 January 1956
Reference no.1152114
Moonfleet Manor Hotel is located in Dorset
Moonfleet Manor Hotel
Location of Moonfleet Manor in Dorset
Moonfleet Manor Hotel is located in the United Kingdom
Moonfleet Manor Hotel
Moonfleet Manor Hotel (the United Kingdom)

Moonfleet Manor Hotel is a hotel and former manor house in Fleet, Dorset, England. With 17th century origins, much of the house dates to the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a Grade II listed building, as is its former stable block and coach house.[1][2]

The manor was featured in the 1898 novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner.

History

Moonfleet Manor Hotel was originally known as Fleet House. The oldest parts of the house to survive, believed to be the south wing and parts of the east and west wings, have been dated to the early 17th century.[3] The house was mentioned in Coker's Survey of Dorsetshire, written by Thomas Gerard in the 1620s, as the seat of Maximilian Mohun.[4] It is believed that Mohun had the house built.[5]

The house was remodelled during the 18th century and again in 1880 before undergoing a restoration in 1896.[3] At the time, the manor had grounds of approximately 136 acres.[6] The house became occupied by the Gould family during the 18th century. It remained under their ownership until it was sold to the George family in 1896.[7]

After the war, the manor became the Moonfleet Hotel, which opened in August 1946.[8] The four-star hotel underwent a £1 million refurbishment after it was purchased by the current owners, Nigel Chapman and Nicholas Dickinson, in 1997.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England (26 January 1956). "MOONFLEET MANOR HOTEL, Fleet (1152114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Historic England (26 January 1956). "STABLE-BLOCK AND COACH-HOUSE 15 METRES WEST OF MOONFLEET MANOR HOTEL, Fleet (1118703)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Fleet". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Gerard, Thomas (1732). Coker's Survey of Dorsetshire (second ed.). Dorset Publishing Company. p. 32. ISBN 0-902129-20-1. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Hutchins, John (1774). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset: Volume 1. p. 545. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire. Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1903. p. 87.
  7. ↑ "News". Clifton Society. 30 January 1896. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Hotels". The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror. 30 July 1946. Retrieved 14 October 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Moonfleet Manor: Our Hotel". moonfleetmanorhotel.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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