Hampshire Treasures

Volume 3 ( Hart and Rushmoor)

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Description and DateRemarksProtectionGrid Ref. and
Punchcard No.
House
C.18		 Thorns, Dippenhall Street. Childhood home of Christine Chaundler - author of girls' school stories in the 1920s.     T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 SU 797 486
2002 17
House
C.18		 The Old House, Church Street. Formerly Beaumont House. Home of 'Parson White', great nephew of Gilbert White of Selborne, 1829-43.     T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 SU 794 487
2002 10
House
C.18		 Potters Hatch House. Home of Miss Louisa Lefroy, a great niece of Jane Austen, from 1926 until her death in 1954 at the age of 90.     T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 SU 793 486
2002 25
Building
C.18		 Court, Croft Lane. Built on the site of larger manor house. From Saxon times the Manorial Courts were held in the great tithe barn nearby (burnt down in 1861). Hence the name Court. Tudor chimney piece reputed to have come from a room occupied by Elizabeth I when visiting Sir G. Paulet. Ref: 1. Crondall Records, (Baigent). Ref: 2. Monastery and Manor, (Butterfield). Ref: 3. Ancient Manor and Parish of Crondall, (Taylor).     T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 SU 794 484
2002 12
Building
C.19		 The Church Room (Parish Meeting Room), Church Street. In 1920s it became Oliver's Charity School. Later became National School and taken over by School Board 1875. Used in 1879 when the new school was built, to house workers at the silk factory, which stood on the site of Crondall Lodge.     C.A.
 SU 794 485
2002 162
Building
C.19		 Crondall Lodge, Church Street. Built about 1870 and known as Church Hill House. It became a boys' prep school about 1890, but reverted to a private dwelling by 1910. Housed German and Austrian prisoners of war during 1914-18 war. After several changes of use it eventually became a children's' home.     C.A.
 SU 794 485
2002 163
Defences
C.20		 Remains of the 1940 second line of defence against a German invasion, crosses the parish. It originally stretched from Sheerness to Bristol. In the form of a 7 ft. deep trench about 15 ft. wide with barbed wire entanglements at front and rear. Pill boxes, strong points and dragons teeth were constructed over a wide area, often camouflaged. Concrete cones were stored on vantage points to roll into advancing vehicles and men. Roadside verges were sown with landmines, and local inhabitants warned of evacuation at short notice. Barricades still stand at Crondall crossroads and two dragons teeth survive at Ewshot Hall.     SU 822 490
2002 168
House (Site)
 Itchel Manor House, demolished 1954, was the setting for Edna Lyall's novel of the Civil War, 'To Right the Wrong'. Disguised as Shorthall in the novel.     SU 784 492
2002 02
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