Rokeby Manor ,Mussoorie Reviews |

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Located close to Mussoorie, this hotel amidst Nature maintains 10 valley view rooms located throughout the Manor between the main house and the tea garden. Guests can enjoy a cup of tea at the Emily's, a dining room with scenic surroundings overlooking the valley and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. One can also enjoy the scenic beauty of the tea garden and dink a hot cuppa accompanied by cake. There is also a 275sq feet conference venue if one wants to mix business with pleasure.

Rokeby was built in 1840 by Captain G.N. Cauthy and is one of the landmarks of Landour. The house and two acre estate are situated slightly above and to the east of St. Paul's Church and the old cantonment parade ground, which is now Char Dukan. Like many houses in Mussoorie, its name is taken from the writings of Sir Walter Scott, whose book-length poem describes heroic battles near the original Rokeby Castle in England.

Rokeby Manor, Mussoorie Several years after it was built, the house came into the possession of Lt. Col. Reilly, who also owned Ralston, another residence in Mussoorie. In 1878, Reilly mortgaged both properties for Rs. 25,000 to Frederick 'Pahari' Wilson, a controversial adventurer and entrepreneur, who was the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's classic story, "The Man Who Would Be King". Wilson minted his own gold coins and carved out his personal domain along the headwaters of the Ganga, at Harsil, harvesting timber and introducing apples to the Himalayas. Pahari Wilson and his Garhwali wife, Gulabi, are buried in the cemetery on Camel's Back Road.