Hook House Hotel is a grade II Georgian listed building set on the A30 just east of Hook. A private Hotel, with a growing reputation for service and comfort, the Hotel has ideal facilities to suit the business traveler and provides a perfect setting for Weddings and private functions:

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In 1684 a local farmer by the name of Eustace Hooke built Hook House as a home for his new bride. After his death in 1699, his brother William sold the house to a Mr James Field of Odiham. Within a few short years the house was being rented by Mr Joseph Russell & Lady Jane Russell, setting the pattern for centuries to come, whereby many different owners occupied the house for short periods of time. Hook House can be found on the Tylney Estate Map of 1774 and was afterwards purchased by the Bird Family. Elizabeth Bird farmed 15 fields between Reading Road and London Road, Hook. Many of the Fields names survive today as road names on the surrounding housing estates (Hop Garden, Quince Tree etc..).

Sometime around 1871, the Bird Family sold Hook House to a landowner by the name of Edmund Robertson. In 1878 The Times newspaper advertised the sale of the house by auction. The Barker family were listed as being in residence in 1880, a trade dictionary listed Vincent Frederick Tufnell as owner in 1890. In 1895 Phillip Francis Morton bought the property.

1899 Saw the Playfairs purchase Hook House. Under their ownership the house became more involved in the lives of the residents of Hook. William Smoult Playfair and his family are remembered for hosting the local School children's Empire Day celebrations. In 1903 The house was sold to Mrs Close who continued the tradition of providing entertainment for the village children at Christmas and on Empire Day.

In 1925 the Hook women's Branch of the Conservative Association was formed at Hook House. Recent new owners Lt Colonel Henry M. Ferrar and his wife held fetes to help raise funds for the party. Hook House was sold once again in 1948 and soon returned to its familiar pattern of short term ownerships.

The house was sold to the Todds in 1955 who allowed their garden flowers to be used to decorate the local church. A.A. Brent succeeded the Todd's in 1969 and proceeded to convert the servant's quarters into guest bedrooms, a sign of the changing times in domestic service. Brent sold to John Sanders in 1985 who sold it to the present owners Mr & Mrs A.A. Bull in 1988.

In November 1990 Hook House became Hook House Hotel. After considerable renovations, hook house stands proudly as it does today. With Conference Facilities for up to 40 delegates and 22 guest rooms the Hotel trades successfully as a 'Family Owned' business. In September 1999 the Hotel was granted a Civil marriage Licence, allowing couples to marry on the premises, once again involving the house in the lives of the people of Hook, and those from further afield.