Bitterne Local History Society
Build date: 1827 The house was demolished in 1927 Built for: Michael Hoy Michael Hoy bought the land while living at Midanbury House in 1825. He started building in 1827 but died in early 1828 before the House was finished. His widow moved to the House after remarrying. The estate was of around 430 acres […]
Build date: Possibly 1856 The house was demolished in 1956 Built for: Colonel Robert Wright Mayfield House, a 40 room/23 bedroom mansion was built about 1856 for Colonel Robert Wright, who had acquired the 35-acre estate two years earlier, it having formerly been the eastern end of Thomas Chamberlayne’s Weston Grove estate In 1889 Mayfield […]
Chessel House was built for David Lance in 1796. David Lance was the Sheriff of Hampshire in 1807. With stunning views of the River Itchen and Southampton, the house took several years to build. A friend of Mrs Lance was to visit Chessel House several times between 1806 and 1809 – none other than Jane […]
Built c1840 and got its name from Shale Flats which was the expanse of land on the Harefield estate opposite. In 1851 the house was owned by Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Baronet, MP for Queens County. Following Sir Charles Coote’s death in 1864, the property passed to his fourth son Admiral Robert Coote, CB, […]
RIDGEWAY CASTLE was built for T.Lewin around 1795 and was set in 24 acres which extended down to the water’s edge of the River Itchen (until the Railway line was built to follow the bank of the river). James Ede owned the property from 1820 until his death c1840. Ede’s widow rented Ridgeway Castle to […]
PEARTREE HOUSE – Built 16th Century and altered and enlarged during 18th Century. The Myles family lived at the property in the early 18th century. Following the death of the last Myles c1800, the property passed to relations named Waring and Speed. George Waring lived at the house in the early 19th century and may […]
MERRY OAK – Built c1800 most likely for Hugh P Keane who originally resided at the house. Around 1810 the house and grounds were acquired by George Ede who was the brother of James Ede of Ridgeway Castle. George died in 1821 leaving behind a widow and young son. The widow went on to marry […]
Heathfield – West End Road Jonathan and George Garrett purchased land on the west side of West End Road, close to Bitterne Village and measured out a plot of about 5 acres, where they built Heathfield House. On completion of its construction in 1837, the Garrett brothers sold the house to the Rev. Charles Davy, […]
HAREFIELD HOUSE – Built in the ‘Elizabethan style’ c1846 for Sir Edward Butler who was one time Chairman of the Southampton and Salisbury Railway Company. Covering an estate of 238 acres, the gardens had terraces, trees and an ornamental pond. By 1856, Sir Edward had left Harefield as its next occupant was Arthur Bailey but […]