The Rowley Manor Hotel

Rev, Ezekiel Rodgers reputedly built the rectory in 1621. In 1638, the Rector, along with about twenty of his parishioners and their families, set sail for the Americans from Hull on board the 'John'. They eventually set up the Settlement of Rowley in Massachusetts, U.S.A. Rowley Massachusetts is now a town of some size and the townsfolk celebrated their 350th anniversary in 1989. There are still string links between the two settlements and we often meet Americans who have come to visit the home of their ancestors.

Rowley Manor remained the parish rectory until 1928 when the local shipping magnate Mr. Thomas Filmer-Wilson purchased the estate. His family owned the famous Hull based Shipping fleet of the Ellerman-Wilson line. During his ownership of Rowley Manor, Mr Filmer-Wilson modernised the house and installed the beautiful pine panelling in the study, carved by Grinling Gibbons. A water temple was also brought from the Wilson's London home.