The House

The Georgian house at the head of the eighteenth was built in 1784 and has been the clubhouse since 1897. Members lunch, stay and read here, and bring their guests.

The Hall at Averleigh: a stone floor, the cantilevered staircase, a long-case clock and white flowers on the round table beneath the tall window

The House

The Georgian house at the head of the eighteenth was built in 1784 and has been the clubhouse since 1897. Members lunch, stay and read here, and bring their guests.

The Hall at Averleigh: a stone floor, the cantilevered staircase, a long-case clock and white flowers on the round table beneath the tall window

The House

The Georgian house at the head of the eighteenth was built in 1784 and has been the clubhouse since 1897. Members lunch, stay and read here, and bring their guests.

The Hall at Averleigh: a stone floor, the cantilevered staircase, a long-case clock and white flowers on the round table beneath the tall window

The Long Room

The Long Room

It runs the length of the garden front, eleven sash windows above the eighteenth green. Lunch is served every day of the year but Christmas, dinner on Friday and Saturday.

It runs the length of the garden front, eleven sash windows above the eighteenth green. Lunch is served every day of the year but Christmas, dinner on Friday and Saturday.

Monday to Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Breakfast

Monday to Thursday

7 to 10

Friday

7 to 10

Saturday

Golfers’ breakfast

6.30 to 10

Sunday

Golfers’ breakfast

6.30 to 10

Lunch

Monday to Thursday

12 to 2.30

Friday

12 to 2.30

Saturday

12 to 2.30

Sunday

Sunday lunch

12 to 3

Dinner

Monday to Thursday

–

Friday

7 to 9.30

Saturday

7 to 9.30

Sunday

Members’ parties

6 to 10

The Terrace

May to September

Monday to Thursday

11 to 7

Friday

11 to 7

Saturday

11 to 7

Sunday

11 to 7

The menus

Lunch

Daily, 12 to 2.30

Lunch

Dinner

Friday and Saturday, 7 to 9.30

Dinner

The Terrace

May to September, 11 to 7

The Terrace

Menus change with the season and the kitchen garden. Tell your waiter about any allergy; the kitchen will cook around it.

Daily, 12 to 2.30

To begin

Potted Rye Bay shrimps, brown toast

£14

Soup of the day, House bread

£9

Asparagus, soft egg, brown butter (in season)

£15

From the kitchen

Roast rib of Sussex beef, Yorkshire pudding

£32

Dover sole, brown butter, capers

£44

Fish pie, buttered peas

£26

Club sandwich, the House way

£18

Puddings

Treacle tart, clotted cream

£11

Bread and butter pudding

£10

Ices from the dairy at Ticehurst

£8

Sunday lunch is the same kitchen, with the rib carved at the table.

Eight rooms for the night

Eight rooms for the night

Members and their guests stay in the House before an early round or after a long dinner. A member books the room; the guest is made welcome.

Members and their guests stay in the House before an early round or after a long dinner. A member books the room; the guest is made welcome.

A Park room: a made bed with a wool throw, two armchairs by a tall sash window and a view across the park

A Park room, on the garden front

Check in

From 3pm

Check out

By 11am

Rates

Per room, per night, with breakfast

Early tee times

Golfers’ breakfast from 6.30 at weekends

Or telephone the House office on 

01632 960 733

, daily from 9 to 5.

Room

Rooms

The view

A night

Park rooms

Two rooms

Down the eighteenth

£340

On the first floor of the garden front, the two largest bedrooms look straight down the eighteenth fairway to the lime avenue. Each has a king-size bed, a bath beneath the window and a fire laid in winter.

Bed

King-size

Bathroom

Bath and shower

Floor

First, garden front

Park rooms

£340

Two rooms

Down the eighteenth

On the first floor of the garden front, the two largest bedrooms look straight down the eighteenth fairway to the lime avenue. Each has a king-size bed, a bath beneath the window and a fire laid in winter.

Bed

King-size

Bathroom

Bath and shower

Floor

First, garden front

Garden rooms

Four rooms

Over the walled garden

£280

On the east side above the walled garden, where the mornings are quiet and the light comes early. Two are made up with twin beds that can be joined.

Bed

King-size or twin

Bathroom

Shower, two with baths

Floor

First and second, east side

Garden rooms

£280

Four rooms

Over the walled garden

On the east side above the walled garden, where the mornings are quiet and the light comes early. Two are made up with twin beds that can be joined.

Bed

King-size or twin

Bathroom

Shower, two with baths

Floor

First and second, east side

Stable rooms

Two rooms

Onto the stable yard

£240

Across the yard in the old stable block, each with its own front door, a minute from the changing rooms and the first tee. The golfers’ choice for an early start.

Bed

King-size or twin

Bathroom

Walk-in shower

Floor

Ground, own entrance

Stable rooms

£240

Two rooms

Onto the stable yard

Across the yard in the old stable block, each with its own front door, a minute from the changing rooms and the first tee. The golfers’ choice for an early start.

Bed

King-size or twin

Bathroom

Walk-in shower

Floor

Ground, own entrance

The Library and the rest

The Library and the rest

The House is run for members who come to play golf and stay for the afternoon. A few rooms, kept the way members like them.

The Library

The Library

Newspapers, the club’s minute books since 1897 and the best chairs in the House. It is a quiet room: no telephones, and no business papers on the table.

Newspapers, the club’s minute books since 1897 and the best chairs in the House. It is a quiet room: no telephones, and no business papers on the table.

The Card Room

The Card Room

Bridge on Tuesday afternoons and backgammon most evenings. Members may reserve the table through the House office.

Bridge on Tuesday afternoons and backgammon most evenings. Members may reserve the table through the House office.

The Hall

The Hall

Where members meet before a round, and the only place indoors where a telephone call is taken.

Where members meet before a round, and the only place indoors where a telephone call is taken.

The changing rooms

The changing rooms

Lockers for every member, showers, a shoe-cleaning bench by the door and a drying room that has everything dry by the time lunch is over.

Lockers for every member, showers, a shoe-cleaning bench by the door and a drying room that has everything dry by the time lunch is over.

Dress in the House

By day

Smart casual throughout the House. Golf clothes are welcome everywhere but the Library.

Smart casual throughout the House. Golf clothes are welcome everywhere but the Library.

The Long Room after 6

Jackets for gentlemen. Ties are not required.

Jackets for gentlemen. Ties are not required.

Denim

Welcome by day. Not in the Long Room or on the terrace at dinner.

Welcome by day. Not in the Long Room or on the terrace at dinner.

Telephones

On silent in the House, and taken in the hall or outside.

On silent in the House, and taken in the hall or outside.

Hours

Course

First light to dusk

First light to dusk

Secretary’s office

Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 5

Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 5

Breakfast

Daily from 7, from 6.30 at weekends

Daily from 7, from 6.30 at weekends

Lunch in the Long Room

Daily, 12 to 2.30, Sunday until 3

Daily, 12 to 2.30, Sunday until 3

Dinner

Friday and Saturday, 7 to 9.30

Friday and Saturday, 7 to 9.30

The House office

Daily, 9 to 5

Daily, 9 to 5

Private dining in the House

Private dining in the House

Members may take a room for a lunch, a dinner or a celebration of their own. The kitchen writes the menu with you.

Members may take a room for a lunch, a dinner or a celebration of their own. The kitchen writes the menu with you.

The Orangery laid for a private lunch: one long table in white linen between citrus trees, tall arched windows onto the park

The Orangery

24

seated

Lunch or dinner, any day

The Orangery

24

seated

The Library

10

seated

Dinner, Monday to Saturday

The Library

10

seated

The Long Room

60

seated

Sunday evenings, from 6

The Long Room

60

seated

Lunch or dinner, any day

Stone floors, citrus trees in tubs and tall doors onto the south lawn. One long table for twenty-four, or rounds for a summer lunch that spills outside.

Stone floors, citrus trees in tubs and tall doors onto the south lawn. One long table for twenty-four, or rounds for a summer lunch that spills outside.

Make an enquiry

Tell the House team the room, the date and roughly how many. They will come back with menus, wines and a quotation; nothing is held until you have agreed them.

The House office

Or telephone 

01632 960 733

The House team replies within two working days.

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