Mirables
| Mirables | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ51917602 |
| Location: | 50°34’54"N, 1°16’5"W |
| History | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Mirables is country house on the Undercliff on the south coast of the Isle of Wight in Hampshire. It is halfway between Niton and St Lawrence.
The house was built in the early 17th century. It was extended around the early 19th century by George Arnold of Ashby Lodge, Northamptonshire.[1] and extended again in the mid and late 19th century. Today the house is a Grade II listed building.[2]
Arnold chose this spot for his new residence, adding to the original cottage which one of the farmhouses of the area. The house was built in the cottage style and was enlarged at different periods. This has given it an irregular but not unpleasing appearance.
Grounds
The lawn descends to the shore, where there are boat houses. This lawn is surrounded by shrubbery, intersected by serpentine walks, and a small flower garden.[3] Above Mirables the clift attains its greatest height, and displays all the varied strata in vertical succession, from the gault in the bank by the roadside, to the chalk in the down above, which here rises to a peak known as the High Hat.
References
- ↑ Cooke, William Bernard (1813). A new picture of the Isle of Wight: illustrated with twenty-six plates of the most beautiful and interesting views throughout the island, in imitation of the original sketches, drawn and engraved (Now in the public domain. ed.). Printed by and for T. Baker, and for Sherwood, Neely and Jones. pp. 94–. https://books.google.com/books?id=3skvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA94. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1271989: Mirables (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Lloyd, David Wharton; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The Isle of Wight. Yale University Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-300-10733-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZ6rLTc2S0C&pg=PA218. Retrieved 7 July 2011.