History

Built in 1909 for Frederick Fox, a Liverpool marine insurance millionaire who was also Sheriff of Chester, Inglewood Manor was home to the Fox family, their artist, stockbroker, servant and cook. It then had 8-14 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and 3-4 reception rooms, surrounded by 38 acres of landscaped gardens,

Frederick died in 1964 and the Royal group, now Royal SunAlliance, bought Inglewood Manor to be used as a training centre. They added an extension – the Burton Room, the largest conference suite – and refurbished the bedrooms to create 29 en-suite rooms. Under Royal SunAlliance’s ownership, selective function bookings were taken for weekends when the company did not need the facilities. In December 2003 the building was purchased from Royal & Sun Alliance and fully opened to the public as a hotel.

The old Oak Drawing Room, with its crisply molded floral and oak leaf panelled ceiling and oak panel sliding doors, is now the main function suite, the Executive Room. The Fox family’s dining room still remains as the hotel’s elegant restaurant, The Dining Room.