Preshaw
Preshaw (variously named Presshawe, Presthawe, and Preishawe in old documents[1]) is a manor to the north of Corhampton in the United Kingdom.[2] In the 19th century the mansion house Preshaw House was the seat of William Jarvis Long, who also owned three farmlands on the estate, Little Preshaw, Middle Preshaw, and Lower Preshaw, to a total of 3,225 acres (1,305 ha) in Hampshire.[3][4] The estate was at the time split across two parishes, Little and Middle Preshaw being in Exton parish and Lower Preshaw in Upham parish.[3]
It was probably under the manor of Lormer (in
The manor house itself is a two story house built of flint with brick dressing that sits on the slope of Millbarrow Down.[2] Its architecture dates it to the 1630s, although it has undergone two significant renovations and additions; including the addition of two gables (to the then existing three) on the front of the house as well as an additional block on the east end in the 18th century, and a further set of rooms on the south of the building in the 19th century.[2] The 18th century additions are close enough to the original to be only noticeable upon close inspection, neither quite matching the older building, the former being entirely faced with brick and having no flint, and the latter using cement.[2] The windows are not the original wooden frames, and the porch on the west side of the house with its modern door was probably not a porch originally.[2]
Gallery
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The main house and farm buildings
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Hoard found in 1855
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Chapel
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Lower Preshaw
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Middle Preshaw
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Preshaw Down
References
Footnotes
Sources
- "Preshaw". A History of the County of Hampshire. Vol. 3. London: Victoria County History. 1908.
- Grundy, G. B. (1929). "The Saxon Land Charters of Hampshire with Notes on Place and Field Names". The Archaeological Journal. 81. Royal Archaeological Institute.
- White, William (1878). "Corehampton". History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (2nd ed.). Sheffield: William White.
- Bateman, John (1879). The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison and Sons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_Baron_de_Bush