The Elms (Bedhampton)
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The Elms is an historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant, Hampshire in England. It was built in the 17th Century and improved in the Gothic revival style during the 18th[1]. Midway through the 19th century the ownner, Sir Theophilus Lee[2], invited his second cousin Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dine there, commissioning a room[3] in his honour [4]. Lee's son, Authur, was MP for Havant at the end of the 19th century [5]. Today it forms part of the Manor Trust [6] , a housing charity providing sheltered accommodation for elderly local residents.
[edit] References
- ^ Page,W(Ed) Bedhampton: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 142-44
- ^ His family vault lies in the nearby churchyard Burrows, D The Parish of Bedhampton ( 1998 Bedhampton, Bedhampton Parish Church)
- ^ The Waterloo Room is open to the public one week-end a year during The Elms Spring Bank Holiday Fund Raising events.
- ^ Palmer, A Bedhampton Village Trail (2000, Bedhampton, Bedhampton Society)
- ^ Local Cricket Club Web Site
- ^ Trust Web-Site
