Andrew Brownsword Hotels

Comprised of thirteen properties in countryside settings and city centre locations, Andrew Brownsword Hotels is owned by Christina and Andrew Brownsword CBE who strive to create very special places that truly embody their own ethos of great hospitality.

The collection includes the award-winning Gidleigh Park in Devon; The Bath Priory; Amberley Castle in West Sussex and five Cotswold properties; The Slaughters Manor House, The Slaughters Country Inn, Buckland Manor, Minster Mill and the Old Swan plus Sydney House, Chelsea. The groups ABode Hotels are located in the heart of Canterbury, Chester, Glasgow and Manchester.

Design Team

Andrew Brownsword Hotels has appointed internationally renowned experts to help bring this exciting project forwards.

Based in Torquay, architects Kay Elliott have worked on hotel and leisure projects around the world from Blackpool to Bangkok, and from Salcombe to Sydney. Closer to home they designed the multi-award-winning Abbey Sands on Torquay seafront and are the architects for the £100+ million tourism investment for the Fragrance Group.

Design and Engineering consultants Arup have worked on world-famous projects from the Sydney Opera House, the Olympic venue, the London Aquatics Centre, London’s Barbican Centre and the City of Manchester Stadium.

Consulting Engineers Hoare Lea count Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, Bristol’s Hengrove Leisure Centre and the Scarlet Hotel in Mawgan Porth among their award-winning projects.

PJA are a design led transport planning, engineering and placemaking consultancy, blending transport planning, traffic engineering  and urban design, together with training and research work. Locally we have provided advice in relation to four hotel developments across Torbay for the Fragrance Group and are part of the design team working on major public realm enhancement schemes in Torquay and Paignton.

B|D landscape architects are an award winning practice, committed to the integration of sustainable design in this Climate Emergency, to create amazing & resilient places for people. They have worked on some of the highest profile squares, streetscapes & campus renaissance projects in the country – winning 6 national Landscape Institute awards in the last 4 years