Lisle Combe
| Lisle Combe | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ54297678 |
| Location: | 50°35’18"N, 1°14’5"W |
| History | |
| Built 1839 | |
| Country house | |
| Cottage orné | |
| Information | |
Lisle Combe is a country house on the Undercliff near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. It is built in the ornate cottage ornée style.
The house a Grade II* listed building.[1] It was first built in 1839 for the second son of Lord Yarborough. It was originally rectangular. A wing addition in 1843 included a single-storey link. Another renovation followed in 1849. The many-gabled house of sandstone features fretted bargeboards, windows with square-sided bays and small oriels, a veranda, and brick work.[2]
In 1929, the poet Alfred Noyes was residing at Lisle Combe, and his son Hugh after him.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1225493: Lisle Combe (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4page 218, 250