Billingham Manor
| Billingham Manor | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ48608190 |
| Location: | 50°38’5"N, 1°18’51"W |
| Village: | Chillerton |
| History | |
| Built 1631 | |
| Manor house | |
| Information | |
Billingham Manor (or Billingham House) is a manor house about a mile south of the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire.
The oldest part of the house dates from 1631. The house was largely remodelled a hundred years later by Edward Worsley, son of Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe House. The house was owned at one time by J.B. Priestley.
Considered to be one of the island's antiquities,[1] it is a Grade II* listed building since 1951.[2]
It was the seat of the Worsley family,[3] and owned at one time by a Mrs. Lawrence. British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer Olivia Manning was cremated and her ashes buried at the manor.
Architecture and fittings
There is a fine oak staircase dating to the Queen Anne period. Panelled oak room with secret recess. Subterranean passage leading from north to south end of house.
References
- ↑ Bacon, George Washington (1885). Tourists' guide and handbook to England and Wales. G.W. Bacon. pp. 5–. https://books.google.com/books?id=-csHAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA36-PA5. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ "Billingham Manor, Shorwell". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-393182-billingham-manor-shorwell. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ↑ Black, Adam; Black, Charles: 'Black's guide to the south-eastern counties of England. Hampshire'