Broome Park

Built between 1635 and 1638, for Sir Basil Dixwell (1585-1642), 1st Bt., M.P. It remained in the Dixwell - subsequently Dixwell-Oxenden - family until the early 20th century, having been leased in the interim to several prominent people including William Bingham (1800-1852), the son and heir of America's first millionaire. In 1911, the estate was purchased by Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), 1st Earl Kitchener, who remodelled the house and created the formal garden and new carriage approach. In the 1930s it was converted it into a country house hotel, as it remains today.