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Description: | Headley, having been in a detached portion of the Manor of Bishops Sutton, has never had a resident Lord of the Manor, but the various owners of Headley Park have probably been the nearest thingeven though they were technically in the Manor of Broxhead.
The Directory of Headley in 1878 says: -Headley Park is the property of Sir Henry Keating, but the house was taken down many years ago. The original house was situated some distance to the south west of the present building shown here which was built in 1884 and was, according to a newspaper article of 1904, -positioned to view the Hindhead hills, but this is now obscured by trees.
Sir Henry Keating was a celebrated Victorian judge, as was the next owner, Sir Robert Wright. Both resided here for nearly 20 years. Sir Robert died in 1901, and Charles McAndrew who owned a shipping line bought the property in 1904. It is said that he also looked at Sandringham at the time, but chose Headley Park instead.
The McAndrews left during the Second World Warthe estate subsequently became a private school (as shown here), then (at least by 1957) a club for émigré Lithuanians until the end of the 20th century.
Today it is a hotel. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | John Owen Smith | Subjects: | Headley Park Hotel school Percy Suter Crusaders' Preparatory School Sir Henry Keating Sir Robert Wright house hotel Lithuanian Club Charles McAndrew | Temporal: | start=1947-01-01; end=1956-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | John Owen Smith | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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