The Salutation is a grade I listed house in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens in a Queen Anne style in 1911–12, as a weekend home and country retreat for members of the Farrer family. It was one of the first 20th-century building to be given a grade I listing, in 1950. Other structures in the grounds received a grade II listing in 1986. It has been described by Nigel Jones as "the perfect house that many in Britain aspire to own", and by Arthur Stanley George Butler as "Sir Edwin's supreme rendering of the full Georgian idiom … This very perfect work establishes itself as a high peak in Sir Edwin's achievement".
In recent years, the house was operated as a bed and breakfast establishment, and from 2017 to 2020 as a hotel and restaurant.
The house is at eastern end of Upper Strand Street in Sandwich, with the Quay beside the River Stour to the north and St Clement's church to the south. It is named after an inn that used to occupy part of the site. The plot of 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) is surrounded by boundary walls of flint, stone and brick, including part of the Sandwich town wall, and the site includes several older grade II ancillary buildings.
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| The Tea Room | This building is set beside the entrance gates and has a tea room on the ground floor and kitchen above. |
The main entrance leads east from Knightrider Street, through an arch formed by Lutyens through two-story 18th century brick buildings, supported by a plaster cornice
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| a forecourt in front of the west façade of the house. |
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| The interior, approximately 1,060 square metres (11,400 sq ft) excluding the attic, is based on a Palladian 3×3 grid, with an unusual cut-out in the north façade to allow light to reach the central stairs, creating a U-shape. |
The main house is a rectangular red brick block with stone quoins, comprising two storeys, plus attic and semi-basement. The west front is symmetrical with seven bays, the central bay and two neighboring narrow bays projecting slightly, topped by a tile hipped roof with three dormer windows and two tall brick chimney stacks. A single-storey wing to the north was originally servants' quarters, in a more vernacular Kentish style also with two tall brick chimneys.
The South Façade of the house
The East Façade of house facing Gardens
The east façade similarly has seven bays, with three French windows on the ground floor and a sundial in the central bay of the first floor, and four dormer windows in the roof. The south façade has five bays and three dormers.
Reception
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| Steps sweep up from the forecourt to double entrance doors in the west façade, with carved stone door case and broken pediment. |
Reception Hall
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| The reception hall has two corkscrew columns, and leads to five principal rooms on the ground floor: one to either side of the hall |
The Wood-paneled libraryThe drawing room is one of 5 reception rooms
The Dining Room
The Family Room
The Sitting Room off Kitchen
The Kitchen before it was re-designed
The Kitchen re-designed to accommodate professional standards.
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| Leading from the Reception Hall to the Vestibule |
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| The Main Staircase |
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| The raised Landing |
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| The raised Landing |
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| Windows in upper hall looking out on The Main Staircase |
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| East Hall looking west over a balustrade to the Main Staircase |
Bedroom One
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| Bedroom 1 facing south |
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| Bedroom 1 |
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| En-suite Bedroom 1 before re-model |
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| En-suite bedroom 1 after remodel |
Bedroom Two
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| En-suite in bedroom 2 before remodel |
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| En-suite in bedroom 2 after remodel |
Bedroom Three
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| Bedroom 3 before remodel |
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| Bedroom 3 after remodel |
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| En-suite in bedroom 3 before remodel |
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| En-suite in bedroom 3 before remodel |
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| En-suite in bedroom 3 after remodel |
Bedroom Four
Bedroom Five
Bedroom Six
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| Second Floor |
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Cellars
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