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Cowley, CHELTENHAM, GL53 9NL

Italianate mansion from 1855 now a country house hotel. 12th C church to the right 'having some work done on it'. Once the home of James Horlick of hot, milky drink fame. He's supposed to haunt the place at night, so the Horlicks hasn't worked for him then!

Cowley Manor is now a 5 star hotel See: https://www.cowleymanor.com/ This impressive country house was almost entirely rebuilt in 1855-7 for James Hutchinson, a London Stockbroker. The design was by George Somers Clarke who built the new house on the site of an earlier 1695 house of Henry Brett. St Mary's church, Cowley, is in the grounds of Cowley Manor and can be seen on the right. The building is Grade II listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340155?section=official-listing The tower of St Mary's church can be seen on the right.

Cowley Manor is now a 5 star hotel See: https://www.cowleymanor.com/. This impressive country house was almost entirely rebuilt in 1855-7 for James Hutchinson, a London Stockbroker. The design was by George Somers Clarke who built the new house on the site of an earlier 1695 house of Henry Brett. St Mary's church, Cowley, is in the grounds of Cowley Manor and can be seen on the right. The building is Grade II listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340155?section=official-listing

Big and regular Italianate. It is of two builds and the join is evident. The right-hand five bays are by George Somers Clarke, 1855-57, for James Hutchinson, a London stockbroker. Then, in 1896-1902, R.A. Briggs faithfully followed the original when he added the six bays to the left for Sir James Horlick (as in the drink). An Ionic arcade runs along the whole length. Grade II listed. It is now the Cowley Manor Hotel.

Cowley Manor is now a 5 star hotel. This impressive country house was almost entirely rebuilt in 1855-7 for James Hutchinson, a London Stockbroker. The design was by George Somers Clarke who built the new house on the site of an earlier 1695 house of Henry Brett.

This Grade II listed Italianate villa was built in 1855 and remodelled in about 1900 by Sir James Horlick, the malted-milk magnate. They have certainly not made a horlics of converting it into a classy hotel sitting in 55 acres of its own grounds.

Reputedly this is where Lewis Carroll first met Alice in Wonderland, although they were called Revd Charles Dodgson and Alice Liddell at the time. Alice's uncle was a fellow Revd at Cowley.

The churchyard above the bowery course of the River Churn is enclosed by evergreen hedges and by this Italianate wing of the Cowley Manor hotel.

The side of Cowley Manor Hotel overlooking the churchyard and St Mary's church, Cowley. Sir James Horlicks, the J in 'J. & W. Horlicks' lived in the Italianate Cowley Manor. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's and is reputed to occasionally revisit his old home, entering through the large window overlooking the churchyard.

Cowley Manor from horseback on the Green Dragon road.