Great Budbridge Manor
| Great Budbridge Manor | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Great Budbridge Manor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ52958348 |
| Location: | 50°38’55"N, 1°15’9"W |
| Village: | Merstone |
| History | |
| Built 1633 | |
| For: | Sir Robert Dillington |
| Manor house | |
| Jacobean | |
| Information | |
The Great Budbridge Manor is a manor house just south of Merstone, near Arreton on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire. The house was built in 1633, but the manor is much older and the fish ponds in the grounds appear mediæval. The house is a Grade II listed building.[1] It stands in East Lane south of Merstone.
The manor appears in Domesday Book as Messetone or Marshton, and as Botebrigge in the 13th century, which latter name appears as Butbrygg or Northbudbrygge in the 15th century)[2]
Records testify the ownership of the manor by William Urry in 1280, and it remained in his family until 1450. In 1633 the manor was bought by Sir Robert Dillington, 1st Baronet.[3] It is believed to be Sir Robert who built the current house.[1]
Geography
Architecture
The manor has a small double-fronted façade with an arch door, indicative of a small manor house. It is built with bricks. The upper floor has mullioned windows. The house, a simple Jacobean structure with stone mullioned windows, is low but picturesque.[2] A projecting porch, dated 1668 as an addition, was part of a renovation. Although now modernised, it retains much of its early character.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Heritage List 1218044: Great Budbridge Manor (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 5 : Parishes Arreton (Victoria County History)
- ↑ "Great Budbridge Manor". Island Eye. http://www.islandeye.co.uk/history/manor-houses-of-the-isle-of-wight/274.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
