LUXURY HOTEL & ESTATE LIGHTING CASE STUDY
Easthampstead Park Hotel
A Lighting Masterplan Built Around Heritage, Guests and Long-Term Excellence
The Client:
Easthampstead Park is a proudly family-owned and run hotel, deeply committed to excellence in service, presentation and guest experience. With its classical architecture, expansive grounds and reputation as a leading wedding and events venue, the estate required a lighting scheme that enhanced its character after dark while supporting the practical realities of a busy, operational hotel.
The Brief:
Easthampstead Park is more than a venue – it is an experience. Every arrival, evening walk, terrace gathering and event moment needed to feel calm, premium and unmistakably aligned with the hotel’s identity.
The Strategy - Infrastructure First:
The installation was underpinned by the strategic introduction of new mains power points, carefully positioned to support multiple lighting zones across the estate. This infrastructure-led approach ensures the lighting can grow logically as the masterplan unfolds, without disruptive retrofitting or visual compromise.
Zone 1 – Copula, Portico & Orangery Elevation:
High-level works around the turret and copula were carried out using a certified mechanical lift, ensuring safe access and precise aiming. The front entrance portico was enhanced with warm-white wall-mounted uplighters to create a welcoming threshold. The orangery elevation was treated as a continuous architectural sweep using bar-mounted uplighting to graze arched windows, completed with accent lighting to the bay window.
Rear Elevation & Grand Terraces:
Bulkhead fittings were replaced with traditional lantern-style luminaires along the covered terrace ways. Grand arches were uplighted to reveal scale and masonry detail, creating depth without overpowering the space.
Zone 3 – Pond Garden & Croquet Lawn:
The lighting extends into the landscape with softly uplighted hedges, a highlighted pond and fountain focal point, and subtle illumination across the croquet lawns leading into the parkland.
Floodlighting & Staff Control:
Existing floodlights were retained for practicality but upgraded to remote control, allowing reception staff to activate additional lighting when required via the Eagle & Spear SpearPoint system.
Lighting Control & Flexibility:
All fittings are fully controllable. The system currently operates on a dusk-to-dawn programme, with absolute flexibility to adjust scenes, timings and zones as required.
Ongoing Maintenance & Partnership:
Garden Lighting Solutions by Eagle & Spear provides year-round maintenance and 24/7 support, ensuring the scheme remains fully operational and refined throughout its lifetime.
The Result:
A refined evening identity, improved guest experience, enhanced event presentation and a scalable lighting asset designed for long-term value.
Timelapse: Watch as we see the hotel gradually light up...
Timelapse:
Here you can see the GLS team working on one of the hotel turrets.
