page_title: Manor of Groves
section_title: Recent history
hierarchical_section_title: Manor of Groves / Recent history
caption_attribution_description: English: Sale notice for the Manor of Groves, Hertfordshire, 1892
context_page_description: The Manor of Groves Hotel in High Wych, near Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire is a building of historical significance and is listed as Grade II on the English Heritage Register. It was remodelled over an existing older building in 1823 by a prominent London lawyer. The house was a private residence for many distinguished people over the next 150 years and in 1988 was converted to a hotel. It still serves this function and provides accommodation, dining facilities and caters for events such as conferences and weddings. There is also a golf course.
context_section_description: Edmund Broughton Barnard who was one of Mary’s nephews bought the house. Edmund was a prominent politician. He was born in 1856 in Sawbridgeworth and was the son of William Barnard, a wealthy miller and brewer who lived in Fair Green House in Sawbridgeworth. He was educated at Brighton School and the University of Cambridge where he was reputed to be an excellent polo player. In 1887 he married Alice Maud Richardson who was the daughter of Charles Richardson, of Torwood, Wimbledon Park. They had a very large wedding which was extensively reported in the newspapers. Edmund later became the Member of Parliament for Kidderminster. In about 1903 Edmund sold the Manor of Groves and moved to Fair Green House in Sawbridgeworth which was his childhood home.
  Frederic Silva (1841-1926) bought the property and moved there with his wife, one son and two daughters. Frederic was born in 1841 in London. He was the son of John Joseph Silva, a wealthy merchant. In 1875, he married Anna, daughter of Richard Wheen. Silva became a starch manufacturer. The family lived at the Manor of Groves for about ten years and in about 1915 moved to Coram Tower in Lyme Regis. The property was bought by Henry Fowell Buxton.
  Henry Fowell Buxton (1876-1949) was born in 1876 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His father was John Henry Buxton who was a director in the family brewing company of Truman, Hanbury and Buxton. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge University and joined the family company where he became a director. He fought in the First World War and gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.  In 1900 he married Katharine Tayspel Round and the couple had five sons. In 1934 Henry’s father died and he and his wife moved to his estate in Ware leaving the Manor of Groves to be managed by his eldest son Major John Fowell Buxton (1902-1970).
  John Fowell Buxton was born in 1902 in Sewardstone, Essex. Like his father he was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. After he graduated he began to manage the estate at the Manor of Groves. In 1930 he married Katherine Mary Bacon who was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon 12th Baronet. The couple had six children, five daughters and one son. In about 1957 John sold the Manor of Groves to Cyril Reginald Egerton.
  Cyril Reginald Egerton (1905-1992) was born in 1905 in London.  He was the son of Major Hon. Francis William George Egerton and Hilda Margaret Curteis. He married, firstly, Mary Campbell, daughter of Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, on 8 December 1934. He married, secondly, Mary Truda Lea, daughter of Sir Thomas Sydney Lea, 2nd Bt. The couple had four children. Cyril sold the house in 1965 to the Scott family. In 1988 it was converted to a hotel.
caption: Advertisement for the sale of the property in 1892
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