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{{short description|Country house in Exbury, Hampshire, England}} |
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| location = [[Exbury and Lepe]], Hampshire, England |
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'''Exbury House''' is an English country house in [[Exbury and Lepe]], Hampshire, situated on the edge of the New Forest. |
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It is a [[Grade II* listed building]] <ref>{{NHLE |num= 1094360|desc= Exbury House|accessdate= 8 July 2018}}</ref> with associated [[Grade II* listed]] parkland and gardens. <ref>{{NHLE |num= 1000167|desc= Exbury House|accessdate= 8 July 2018}}</ref> |
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The house consists of an 18th-century core which was redesigned and refaced in 1927. Constructed of brick and ashlar with a slate roof, it has a rectangular floor plan (with one corner sliced off), 3 storeys and a parapet around the roof. The long side garden frontage has 9 bays and a collonaded entrance. The main entrance front on the sliced off corner has 5-bays. |
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The gardens (see [[Exbury Gardens]]) were laid out by Lionel de Rothschild between 1919 and 1939 and contain specialist collections of rhododendrons and other species. |
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==History== |
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Exbury Manor dates from the 13th century. It belonged to the Berkeley family in the 15th century and the Compton family of [[Compton Wynyates]] in Warwickshire in the 16th. In 1708 it passed to William Mitford and thence down to his grandson, the historian [[William Mitford]] (1744–1827). On the latter's death in 1827 it passed to Henry Reveley Mitford, who sold it to Major John Forster in the early 1880s. His son sold it to the financier [[Lionel de Rothschild]] in 1919. |
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Rothschild remodelled and upgraded the house, developed the gardens and extended the village of Exbury. He died in 1942 and the house was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a headquarters for the [[Invasion of Normandy]]. Known for the duration of the war as HMS ''Mastodon'', HMS ''Hawk'' and HMS ''King Alfred'', it was finally returned to the Rothshild family in 1955, when Rothschild's son Edmund restored the plant breeding program. The house itself was not reoccupied as a private residence until 1989. |
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The gardens have been open to the public since 1950, run since 1988 by Exbury Gardens Ltd on a long lease from the Rothschild family. |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire]] |
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[[Category:Country houses in Hampshire]] |
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Revision as of 20:10, 8 July 2019
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| General information | |
| Type | Country House |
| Location | Exbury and Lepe, Hampshire, England |
| Coordinates | 50°47′55″N 1°24′00″W / 50.798505°N 1.400004°W |
| Designations | Grade II* listed |
Exbury House is an English country house in Exbury and Lepe, Hampshire, situated on the edge of the New Forest.
It is a Grade II* listed building [1] with associated Grade II* listed parkland and gardens. [2]
The house consists of an 18th-century core which was redesigned and refaced in 1927. Constructed of brick and ashlar with a slate roof, it has a rectangular floor plan (with one corner sliced off), 3 storeys and a parapet around the roof. The long side garden frontage has 9 bays and a collonaded entrance. The main entrance front on the sliced off corner has 5-bays.
The gardens (see Exbury Gardens) were laid out by Lionel de Rothschild between 1919 and 1939 and contain specialist collections of rhododendrons and other species.
History
Exbury Manor dates from the 13th century. It belonged to the Berkeley family in the 15th century and the Compton family of Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire in the 16th. In 1708 it passed to William Mitford and thence down to his grandson, the historian William Mitford (1744–1827). On the latter's death in 1827 it passed to Henry Reveley Mitford, who sold it to Major John Forster in the early 1880s. His son sold it to the financier Lionel de Rothschild in 1919.
Rothschild remodelled and upgraded the house, developed the gardens and extended the village of Exbury. He died in 1942 and the house was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a headquarters for the Invasion of Normandy. Known for the duration of the war as HMS Mastodon, HMS Hawk and HMS King Alfred, it was finally returned to the Rothshild family in 1955, when Rothschild's son Edmund restored the plant breeding program. The house itself was not reoccupied as a private residence until 1989.
The gardens have been open to the public since 1950, run since 1988 by Exbury Gardens Ltd on a long lease from the Rothschild family.
References
- ^ Historic England. "Exbury House (1094360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Exbury House (1000167)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2018.