WHAT A HIP JOINT: Former medical research centre for sale at £6m
By Simon Hacker | 30th September 2025
A "blank canvas" unbranded mansion house hotel with an unusual postwar history has gone up for sale with a price tag of £6m for the going concern.
Property specialists Christie and Co are seeking new owners for Eastwood Park, which is owned by Eastwood Park Ltd, a buyout venture that took on the former Fujitsu offices and NHS training centre in 2003.

Latest accounts for the business showed it had a £6.1m turnover in 2023, of which nearly £5.2m was gross profit, the year's figures marking a steady growth on 2022.

Accessed directly from the A38, the prestigious venue sits on the Gloucestershire border at Falfield and close to J14 of the M4. The 19th century address commands views across 200 acres of rolling parkland and is primarily operated as a wedding and events venue, with 71 ensuite rooms and a 100-seater drawing room.

As well as eight further conference and meeting rooms, the venue is being offered as a whole or in lots, with the option to also buy a two-bedroom Victorian bungalow lodge.
A short drive from Wotton-under-Edge, the vendor reports that the main building was pre-Victorian, being erected in 1820 as the home of the Jenkinson family, with subsequent rebuilding and additions in 1865, though the site dates back to the Tudor era and includes a small church (St George's).

Christie and Co added: "Since January 2025, the hotel has traded as a full service business (C1) providing refurbished boutique ensuite letting accommodation in the country house with additional budget accommodation in the garden wing for corporate mid-week guests."
It is also noted that the hotel has been trading under C2 classification for a number of years. The agents add that there is "significant capacity" to further develop and enhance the hotel business by building upon the rapid growth experienced since the beginning of 2025: "The wedding and function business is a key area for growth with over 65 weddings confirmed for 2025 and 38 confirmed for 2026."
Perceived potential is also cited in an increase of bedroom capacity, with an opportunity exists to redevelop the stable block accommodation, currently used as offices.

Ed Bellfield, Christie and Co Regional Director, added: "The hotel also represents a rare opportunity to acquire a hotel free of branding providing a blank canvas for a new owner to reposition the asset in the market and benefit from both cost synergies and brand loyalty programs." Subject to the relevant consents, the venue also offers potential as a leisure spa, he said: "Utilising the buildings and footprint in Lot 2 (Falfield Hall and Bungalow) and/or the Stable Block, it's another lucrative income generating opportunity at the property."

Any purchaser will be required to comply with the relevant legislation in respect of present employees, while a full and detailed trading information is available on completion of a confidentiality agreement.
Eastwood Park was requisitioned in the Second World War by the Home Office and used as a Civil Defence training center, thereafter becoming a specialist training center for NHS engineering and estates staff when the Department of Health and Social Security acquired the property in 1969.

A local history source told Punchline-Gloucester.com that the address played a crucial role in the development of artificial joints for hip replacement technology, the first hip replacement being performed by Sir John Charnley in November 1962.
Fujitsu, through its subsidiary ICL, then purchased Eastwood Park in 1997 before the address became a conference centre six years later. The site also neighbours HM Prison Eastwood Park, which is a women's closed category prison.
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