The Old Government House Hotel and Spa has operated as a hotel since 1858 but its history dates further back to 1796 where it was the official Governor’s residence for the island and the Bailiwick, which includes Alderney, Herm and Sark, until 1842. The last Lieutenant Governor to use it, as Government House, was General Sir James Douglas, after whom one of our modern meeting rooms is now named.

Jonh Gardner purchased the property and launched it formally as Old Government House in 1858 where it was quickly established within Victorian society as “An old and comfortable country mansion”, extension and modernisation saw it adapt but never lose its character in subsequent years.

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