Port Lympne House and Zoo, glamorous hotel and glamping in Kent

 

The mansion was built for Sir Philip Sassoon. He entertained Charlie Chaplin and painted a room yellow because he found out that was his guest's favourite colour. 

Sir Philip was pictures visiting the front in WWI, and with the royal family and Churchill. 

Aspinal bought the place because he needed room for his zoo animals. 

I first visited it for the day years ago and was shown around the house. I remember seeing a huge lorry (Americans say truck) which was used to transport elephants.

 Now there's a hotel so you can stay on site.

Portraits of Sir Philip Sassoon are in the National Portrait Gallery, London, as are portraits of his cousin, the WWI poet, Siegfried Sassoon. The National Portrait Gallery website has a Sassoon family tree.

The mansion.

Pinewood.

Your choice of accommodation includes treehouses, named after the types of animal you see, and glamping, or luxury camping.

Online you can buy a cap or a tote bag or sponsor an animal.

Port Lympne is in Kent, England.

If you are in London, you might visit, or pass, plaques to Siegfried.

Tufton Street, Westminster, London, England.

Rothschild giraffe.

 Useful Websites

https://www.aspinallfoundation.org/port-lympne/

https://www.aspinallfoundation.org/shop/

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php

https://www.npg.org.uk/assets/images/groupsMedia/familyTrees/Sassoon_family.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon