The history of Beeston Hills Lodge is an interesting one.  The poet Sir Stephen Spender  lived here when he was a child.  One of his poems was reputedly inspired by a childhood experience at the house, when, during the Second World War, an enemy bomb landed nearby in Sheringham and the tommies on duty at the pill-box on the green rescued the Spender children from the lodge.

It is also believed that Lloyd George, once British prime minister and a close friend of Sir Stephen Spender's father, has stayed at the house.

The Reverend Horne, father of Kenneth Horne, the journalist , writer & frontman of the radio show "Around the Horne" which starred actors such as the late Kenneth Williams (famous veteran of the "Carry on "films), lived here too.

The current owner's family ancestry is interesting too as one of their family was a king of Poland.  They were also acquainted with Picasso and Robert Graves, the poet, mystic and author of  "I Claudius".  The present owner's husband, an artist, writer and poet, has appeared on television and radio as a guest and singer.

Beeston Hills Lodge can not only offer luxurious accommodation and excellent facilities to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable, it can offer historic and thought provoking surroundings to capture your imagination too.  If you'd like to learn more about the lodge or its history, contact us now.

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