Conholt
| Conholt | |
|---|---|
 Conholt Bottom | |
  Conholt Location within Wiltshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU325550 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ANDOVER |
| Postcode district | SP11 9 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Conholt was a small village in east Wiltshire, England, close to the Hampshire border and about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Andover. It is now the site of the Conholt Park estate.
There may have been a village here in the 13th century, but by the 16th there were only farmsteads. In the late 17th century a deer park was created. Since the 19th century the land has been part of Chute civil parish.[1]
The country house known as Conholt Park was built in the late 17th century and extended in the 18th and early 19th. The house is Grade II* listed and its 18th-century stable block and carriage house are Grade II listed.[2][3] In 1992 the estate was acquired by a company belonging to the family of Paul van Vlissingen, an Anglo-Dutch businessman and philanthropist;[1] it was his home from 1994 until his death in 2006.[4] American billionaire Steve Schwarzman purchased the house, with 2,500 acres, in 2022 for an amount reported to be in excess of £80 million.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, J.; Smith, C.; Stevenson, J. H.; Williamson, E. (1999). "Chute". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 16. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 108–120. Retrieved 28 September 2022 – via British History Online.
- ^ Historic England. "Conholt Park (1035931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Stable and carriage house at Conholt (1194589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Obituary: Paul Van Vlissingen". The Independent. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Sascha (27 September 2022). "Blackstone founder Steve Schwarzman picks up Wiltshire country pad for cool £80m". CityAM. Retrieved 28 September 2022.