THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF HAMPSHIRE

This lists shows the country houses of Hampshire their owners, some other related information and where you can read more about them.


Rhinefield House, Brockenhurst

ALTON ham Froyle Place
Miller 1630?
Owned by Samuel Gauden (1660); Thomas Miller (d. 1705). Owned by Sir Thomas Miller in 1819 - J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819.
AMPORT ST MARY'S ham Amport House
Powlett 1551+
Home of Powlett family from 1551. J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. Jones, Views, 1829. Contents sold July 14-21, 1919.
AVINGTON ham Avington Park [House]
Brydges - Villiers - Shelley 1670+
Rebuilt by the Villiers. Sold to John Shelley (poet's brother) ca. 1800. J.B. Burke, Visitation, II, 1853, 54.
BASINGSTOKE ham Stratton Park
Baring 1600?
Originally belonged to Wriothesley family. Bought by Sir Francis Barin c. 1730. J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. Baring MS cat. in Bodley - MS Eng. misc. e. 629. C. Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus, IV, 1767. S. Jones, Views, 1829.
BEAULIEU ham Beaulieu Palace
Montagu 1538+
Bought by the Earl of Southampton after the Dissolution. Much remodelling for Henry Scott, 1st Lord Montagu, 1871-74. Some early books. H.E.R. Widnell, Beaulieu. Beaulieu, 1952. R.A. Grove, Seats in the Neighbourhood of Lymington, 1832.
BENTWORTH ham Bentworth Hall
Fitzherbert - Fisher - Ives 1720?
Rebuilt 1830 by R. Horman Fisher. Sold 1848 to J. Robert Ives. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd series, II, 1855, 28.
BITTERN ham Eastfield Lodge
Parkhouse 1835
Built by George Parkhouse. J.B. Burke, Visitation, I, 1852, 85.
CADLAND ham Cadland Park
Drummond 1750?
Owned by Robert Drummond - W. Watts, The Seats of the Nobility. Chelsea, 1779. Remodelled 1837 by Andrew R. Drummond. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1855, 56.
CHAWTON ham Chawton House
Knight 1588
In the Knight family since 1552. Built 1588 by John Knight. Owned 1855 by Edward Knight. W.A. Leigh, Chawton Manor and its Owners. London, 1911. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 126.
EVERSLEY ham Bramshill Park
Cope 1750?
MS cat. (1790?). BL Add. 54172. Belonged to Sir John Cope. Alston, Handlist of Library Catalogues, 1991. J.B. Burke, Visitation, II, 1853, 46. 2nd Series, II, 1855, 164. S.C. Hall, Baronial Halls, I, 1848. S. Jones, Views, 1829.
FAIR OAK ham Fair Oak Park
Bradshaw med
Owned by the Bradshaws since 11th cent. Owned 1855 by James E. Bradshaw. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 229.
GREYWELL ham Greywell Hill House
Carleton 1760?
Home of Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec; CiC British forces in America till end of Revolution. Returned to Greywell in 1796. 1761 map discovered there - Times, 12 Jan. 1998.
HIGHCLIFFE ham High Cliffe Castle
Beresford - Stuart 1760?
F.O. Morris, Series of Picturesque Views, vol. V, 1880, 75. W. Watts, Seats, 1779. Contents sold July 5-7, 1949.
HINTON AMPNER ham Brookwood Park
Greenwood 1800?
Large library. Owned by William Greenwood. S. Jones, Views, 1829.
HURSLEY ham Hursley Lodge [Park]
Heathcote 1630+
Bought by Richard Major in 1639 from Sir Gerard Napier. In 1649 Richard, son of Oliver Cromwell lived at Hursley. Owned by Sir William Heathcote in 1819 - J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. J.B. Burke, Visitation, I, 1852, 202. S. Jones, Views, 1829.
ODIHAM ham Dogmersfield Park
Mildmay 1660?
Owned by Anthony Bathurst (1664). Lady jane Mildmay, daughter of Carew Mildmay had a large library. J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1854, 242. S. Jones, Views, 1829.
PORTSMOUTH ham Camo Hall
DelmŠ 1750?
Built by John DelmŠ. J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819.
ROMSEY ham Broadlands
Temple 1722?
Home of Palmerston; in modern times the Mountbattens. Owned by Lord and Lady Romsey. J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. W. Angus, Seats, 1787. J.B. Burke, Visitation, I, 1852, 216. S. Jones, Views, 1829. F.O. Morris, Series of Picturesque Views, vol. I, 1866.
SOUTHWICK ham Southwick Park
Thistlethwaite 1800?
Owned by Thomas Thistlethwaite in 1819 - J.P. Neale's Views, vol. II, 1819. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1854, 209. S. Jones, Views, 1829. J. Kip, I, 1715.
STRATFIELDSAYE ham Stratfieldsaye House
Dabridgecourt - Pitt - Wellesley 1600?
Owned by Dabridgecourts from medieval times to ca. 1640. Bought by Sir William Pitt - Lords Rivers after 1776. Granted in 1815 to the Duke of Wellington. J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, I, 1854, 214. C. Scott, Stratfield Saye. London, [1974?]
WINCHESTER ham Cranbury Park
Chamberlayne 1750?
F.O. Morris, Series of Picturesque Views, vol. I, 1866. [Anon] Cranbury Park. Eastleigh, [1964?]