The Elms (Bedhampton)

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The Elms is an historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant, Hampshire in England. It is a Grade II* listed building [1] The house was built in the 17th century and improved in the Gothic revival style during the 18th. [2]

Midway through the 19th century the owner, Sir Theophilus Lee, [3] invited his second cousin Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dine there, commissioning a room [4] in his honour. [5] Lee's son, Authur, was MP for Havant at the end of the 19th century. [6]

Today it forms part of the Manor Trust, [7] a housing charity providing sheltered accommodation for elderly local residents.

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References

  1. "Detailed Record: The Elms". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage . Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  2. Page,W(Ed) Bedhampton: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 142-44
  3. His family vault lies in the nearby churchyard Burrows, D The Parish of Bedhampton (1998 Bedhampton, Bedhampton Parish Church)
  4. The Waterloo Room is open to the public one week-end a year during The Elms Spring Bank Holiday Fund Raising events.
  5. Palmer, A Bedhampton Village Trail (2000, Bedhampton, Bedhampton Society)
  6. Local Cricket Club Web Site
  7. Trust Web-Site

Coordinates: 50°51′09″N1°00′22″W / 50.8526°N 1.0060°W / 50.8526; -1.0060