Birch Grove

Birch Grove, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England is a country house dating from 1926. It was the family home of the British prime minister Harold Macmillan, Earl of Stockton, who died there in 1986. During Macmillan's time, Charles De Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru and John F. Kennedy stayed as guests at Birch Grove. The house is now owned by the Scottish entrepreneur James Hay. Birch Grove is a Grade II listed building.

This article is about the house. For the community in Canada, see Birch Grove, Nova Scotia. For the preserved steam locomotive, see LB&SCR E4 class.

Birch Grove House
Photograph of the house from the gardens taken in 1962
TypeHouse
LocationHorsted Keynes, West Sussex
Coordinates51°03′23″N 0°00′38″E
Built1926
ArchitectHerbert W. Cash
Architectural style(s)Queen Anne Revival
OwnerJames Hay
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBirch Grove House
Designated25 October 1988
Reference no.1372075
Location of Birch Grove House in West Sussex
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