Brooklands, Sarisbury
| Brooklands | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Brooklands glimpsed from Bursledon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU49650896 |
| Location: | 50°52’41"N, 1°17’45"W |
| Village: | Sarisbury |
| History | |
| For: | Admiral Sir Thomas Williams by John Nash |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Brooklands is an 18th-century country house in Sarisbury in Fareham on the south coast of mainland Hampshire. The grounds of the house overlook the River Hamble.
The house is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
House
The house was designed by John Nash in the Georgian style for Admiral Sir Thomas Williams of the Royal Navy. It was constructed around 1800, with a service wing was added to the north-west of the house in 1807. The front was remodelled in the Italianate style in 1858 by the Isle of Wight architect Langdon. The entrance lobby and top floor was added in 1854. The interior features a double-flight stone staircase with cast-iron balustrades.[2]
Edwin Lutyens extended the house to the south east in 1916.[1] The house is made from red brick and is partly rendered in stucco. The drawing room was lined with limed oak by Basil Ionides. Ionides also created a pair of bathrooms in the house, one of which has yellow tiles decorated with the signs of the zodiac. A bedroom on the second floor features decorated handmade tiles of fish designed by Hugh Casson.[1] The first floor has six bedrooms, five of which are en-suite. An additional four bedrooms are on the second floor.
History
The writers Jane Austen and A. A. Milne were, in their respective ages, frequent guests at the house.[1] Austen's cousin was the first wife of Admiral Williams.[1] Milne's wife, Daphne, was raised at Brooklands.[3]
In a 2005 article Country Life described Brooklands as "[epitomising] the very best of Englishness" and that "Historically, architecturally and horticulturally, Brooklands's pedigree is faultless".[2]
In 2005 Brooklands was put up for sale for £5.3 million. The estate included 29 acres of grounds with 160 yards of river frontage.
Gardens
The house has 29 acres of grounds and landscaped gardens with a summer house and swimming pool. The grounds were laid out by Humphrey Repton, the formal gardens to the east, west and south were designed by Gertrude Jekyll. Jekyll's designs for the house feature lawns, banks of azaleas and rhododendrons and herbaceous borders.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 National Heritage List 1093503: Brooklands (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Country Life 19 May 2005: 'In an English Garden'
- ↑ Kathryn Aalto (15 October 2015). The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood. Timber Press. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-60469-717-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=-DlwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT48.