Keydell House

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Coordinates: 50°51′10″N, 1°0′46″W

Keydell House^[1] was situated in 45 acres of land near Lovedean Corner,^[2] in the village of Horndean, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Catherington^[3] Hampshire from Georgian times until its demolition to make way for flats in 1969. The earliest deed still in existence (for the field "Nine Acres") is dated 1660.^[4] The House itself was a three storey, rectangular mansion with shuttered windows and formal gardens.^[5] These eventually became Keydell Nurseries, although the business which still trades under that name moved to a bigger site in 1979.^[6] The House had two notable owners: the Victorian actor Edmund Kean;^[7] and, most famously, Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe, a full general of the British Army.^[8]

Notes

1. ^ Hampshire Register of Historic Parks and Gardens: Revised Deposit HBDWLP (Environment Department, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UE)
2. ^ Williams' Guide and Timetable to some of the Beauty Spots on the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway, July 1913
3. ^ Victoria County History A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 Page,W(Ed) 1908 pp 94-101
4. ^ Havant Museum, Local History Collection,Horndean Collection,Vol 4(Keydell): autobiographical notebook of Margaret Strange, Keydell resident 1928-53)
5. ^ Horndean 2000 Singleton,B. (1999, Horndean, Horndean Parish Council
6. ^ Current user of Keydell name
7. ^ Hampshire County Council's page on Horndean
8. ^ Dictionary of National Biography: 2nd Supplement, 1901-1911 Lee, Sidney(Ed) ISBN: 0198652011 p846

Early 1900s postcard

1931 deed of transfer

1931 map of site

The house in 1964