We are delighted to share that as of April, we will be continuing our support for both of our wonderful Hampshire and West Sussex Charities of the Year. For Hampshire, we are pleased to maintain our partnership with Rowans Hospice ,...
The team at Glanvilles invite you to join us on Thursday 15 December 2016 at 6pm for Christmas drinks and canapés at The Kennels, Goodwood. We hope you will be able to join us along with a few other hand picked contacts at this fantastic venue. If you are able to attend, please use the register button on this page.
The Kennels
Charles, the third Duke of Richmond, found his own hunting passion and eventually restarted the pack in 1757. Thirty years later, in 1787, the Duke asked famous classical architect, James Wyatt to build some kennels for his own pack of hounds.
The building was made up of a central, four square house, for the Huntsman with low wings to each side for the hounds. The Duke of Richmond’s Hounds, as they were known, came to Goodwood in 1790 to what were acknowledged to be the best quarters in the country.
After 1813 the house was given over to John Kent who trained the fifth Duke’s racehorses and, eventually, with the popularity of the races increasing, the roof from the sides of the huntsman’s house were raised to provide attic dormitories for the policemen who worked at the race meetings.
In the early twentieth century, once the Goodwood golf course was laid out by James Braid in 1914, The Kennels building became the Clubhouse. Nowadays, it revels in a spectacular restoration and now plays host to Members from all of Goodwood’s Sporting and Social Memberships – Horseracing, Golf, Motorsport, Aviation, Health Club and Kennels' Members.