Boys Hall to open in Ashford this summer

Following careful restoration the Jacobean manor house, set in three acres of gardens, will reopen with a 70-cover restaurant, a wood-clad pub and 10 en-suite bedrooms.

The restaurant will be housed in an oak-beamed dining hall and will serve a daily changing menu of seasonal, local produce, with fruit and vegetables grown in the venue’s kitchen garden and honey taken from its own bee hives. Future plans include opening a bar with an outdoor pizza oven in the walled garden.

The pub will be open to the public as well as residents and will house a 4,000-bottle capacity wine cellar.

The grade II listed house, known as Boys Hall Jacobean Manor, was originally built in 1616. It will have five grand suites, three large bedrooms and two cosier rooms.

Bradley was the former operations director of East London Pub Co, and Kristie is the founder of Drink, Shop & Do as well as Keystone Crescent members club in London’s King’s Cross.

“We have loved every minute of restoring this timeless and beautiful period property and cannot wait to see life back into the venue; we want people to relax and enjoy themselves whether they choose a cup of tea in one of the reception rooms or a gin & tonic out on the lawns,” they say.

“Located in the heart of Kent we are very lucky to have some incredible producers and suppliers work with us. It’s been such a privilege to be able to combine our background and love of home comforts and become a part of the rich history of this house and its evolving gardens. We want our guests to feel at home and for everyone who stays in the first year, a tree will be planted in the estate.’