78 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
GRAVETYE
CTO Lighting add illumination
with a botanical twist
Gravetye Manor is small hotel in the Sussex
countryside with a Michelin starred restaurant.
In 2018 it celebrates 60 years of Gravetye
Manor being open as a hotel. To commemorate
this landmark anniversary they have built a new
restaurant with views of the award-winning
garden, and where Nelson Design has waved
its magic to recreate its world class dining room
that links traditional design with contemporary
interiors.
The brief for the new Michelin star restaurant
was to maximise the garden views as well as
blending the contemporary new build designed
by the renowned Architect, Charles Knowles
with the historic features of the country hotel.
Entering the hotel, the interior features a
contemporary twist which combines solid wood
with bronze detailing.
Blending elements of the garden into the interior
was an essential part of the brief. Nelson Design
believed a collaboration between Gravetye
Manor and the renowned French artist, Claire
Basler, whose own unique style, inspired by
the gardens at Gravetye Manor, feature on the
restaurant walls.
“Bold, inspiring and botanical elegance” is how
interior design practice Nelson Design describe
its recent completion of the Gravetye Manor
project, a Grade ll* listed 16th Century country
house hotel. Originally built in 1598 for local
landowner Richard Infield, its now world-famous
garden was created by its owner William
Robinson in 1885, a pioneer of the English
natural style of gardening. For the last 60 years
Gravetye has been an exemplary hotel and
award-winning restaurant.