Grange Hotel, Brampton

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The Grange Hotel is an historic building located in Brampton, Cambridgeshire, England.

Originally built as a private house in 1773, The Grange has had a varied history. In the 1820s it was owned by local philanthropist Lady Bernard Sparrow of Brampton Park, who used it as a girls school. On her death it passed to her son-in-law, the Duke of Manchester, who sold it as a private residence.

Extensive building work was carried out in the 1860s which gave the house a more Victorian character. During the second World War it was requisitioned and became the headquarters and operations centre of the American Eighth Air Force.

|n 1981 the Grange was converted to a hotel, and is now run by Nick and Susanna Steiger. It runs as a hotel, bar and restaurant.