Conholt
| Conholt | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 Conholt Bottom | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU325550 |
| Location: | 51°17’35"N, 1°32’10"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Andover |
| Postcode: | SP11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
Conholt was a small village in the north-east of Wiltshire, close to the Hampshire border and about six miles north-east of Andover in that county. It is now the site of the Conholt Park estate. Conholt Park runs up to the county border.
There may have been a village here in the 13th century, but by the 16th there were only farmsteads. In the late 17th century a deer park was created.[1]
The country house known as Conholt Park was built in the late 17th century and extended in the 18th and early 19th. The house is Grade II* listed and its 18th-century stable block and carriage house are Grade II listed.[2][3] From 1992 the estate was owned by a company belonging to the family of Paul van Vlissingen, an British-Dutch businessman and philanthropist;[1] it was his home from 1994 until his death in 2006.[4]
An American billionaire, Steve Schwarzman purchased the house, with 2,500 acres, in 2022 for an amount reported to be in excess of £80 million.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A History of the County of Wiltshire - Volume 16 pp 108-120: Parishes: Chute (Victoria County History)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1035931: Conholt Park (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194589: Stable and carriage house at Conholt (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Obituary: Paul Van Vlissingen". 25 August 2006. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-van-vlissingen-413408.html. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ O'Sullivan, Sascha (2022-09-27). "Blackstone founder Steve Schwarzman picks up Wiltshire country pad for cool £80m" (in en-GB). https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-blackstone-founder-steve-schwarzman-picks-up-wiltshire-country-pad-for-cool-80m/.