Horsley Towers

Horsley Towers
Horsley Towers seen across the lake
Type	House
Location	East Horsley, Surrey
Coordinates	51°15′55″N 0°25′38″W / 51.2654°N 0.4272°W / 51.2654; -0.4272
Built	1834, 1855-60
Architect	Charles Barry, William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace
Architectural style(s)	Tudor Revival, Romanesque Revival
Governing body	De Vere (hotel operator)
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Horsley Towers
Designated	14 June 1967
Reference no.	1294810
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Entrance Walls, Gardeners Cottage and Horsley Towers Cottage
Designated	25 November 1985
Reference no.	1029424
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Pavilion 100 yards northwest of cloisters of Horsley Towers
Designated	25 November 1985
Reference no.	1029425
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Wall and Pavilion 300 yards southwest of Horsley Towers
Designated	25 November 1985
Reference no.	1188298
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Walls to former kitchen garden of Horsley Towers
Designated	25 November 1985
Reference no.	1377818
Location of Horsley Towers in Surrey

Horsley Towers, East Horsley, Surrey, England is a country house dating from the 19th century. The house was designed by Charles Barry for the banker William Currie. The East Horsley estate was later sold to William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace who undertook two major expansions of the house to his own designs. Lovelace lived at the Towers with his wife, Ada, daughter of Lord Byron, a pioneering mathematician, friend of Charles Babbage and described as among the first computer programmers. In 1919, the Towers was purchased by Thomas Sopwith, the aviator and businessman, who named his plane, the Hawker Horsley, after his home. Now a hotel, wedding and conference venue set in parkland with a total area of about 50 acres, Horsley Towers is a Grade II* listed building.