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This southern county has a splendidly varied range of fine buildings. Winchester, with its Cathedral, Castle, College and churches, has some of the finest medieval architecture in England. At Southampton the walled medieval port is still recognisable; in contrast, Portsmouth is of special interest for its extensive Georgian and Victorian dock buildings. The rich countryside abounds in attractive villages and small towns with notable churches and houses, from Norman Romsey Abbey and the quiet grandeur of The Vyne with its audacious portico by John Webb to the early nineteenth century Neo-Grecian of the Grange. Smaller delights include Jane Austen's house at Chawton and Stanley Spencer's unparalleled series of paintings in the Sandham Mermorial Chapel at Burghclere.… (más)
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To the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, whose lists of buildings of architectural or historic interest are one of the finest tools we have
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This volume, like Surrey, Lincolnshire, Sussex, and Warwickshire, is a joint enterprise.
Foreword.
Hampshire with the Isle of Wight is eighth in size among English counties.
Introduction.
Hampshire's first contact with the Roman armies would have come in 43, or early in 44, at the time when the second legion under the command of Vespasian was given the task of conquering the West of England.
Roman Hampshire.
Like its neighbour, Wiltshire, Hampshire may be described as a county founded mainly on the Upper Cretaceous Chalk formation.
Geology.
ST MARY. 1716. (Built by Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, East India merchant and Lord Chatham's grandfather. RH) Light brick and stone.
Abbotts Ann.
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MANOR HOUSE. The house carries a date 1620. It is built on the H-plan, with gables and mullioned and transomed windows. The main front is symmetrical. Much restoration. (The principal staircase is original. NMR).
This southern county has a splendidly varied range of fine buildings. Winchester, with its Cathedral, Castle, College and churches, has some of the finest medieval architecture in England. At Southampton the walled medieval port is still recognisable; in contrast, Portsmouth is of special interest for its extensive Georgian and Victorian dock buildings. The rich countryside abounds in attractive villages and small towns with notable churches and houses, from Norman Romsey Abbey and the quiet grandeur of The Vyne with its audacious portico by John Webb to the early nineteenth century Neo-Grecian of the Grange. Smaller delights include Jane Austen's house at Chawton and Stanley Spencer's unparalleled series of paintings in the Sandham Mermorial Chapel at Burghclere.