Billingham Manor

Billingham Manor (or Billingham House) is a manor house in Chillerton, on the Isle of Wight. Considered to be one of the island's antiquities,[1] it is a Grade II* listed building since 1951.[2]

It was the seat of the Worsley family,[3] and owned at one time by a Mrs. Lawrence.[4] British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer Olivia Manning was cremated and her ashes buried at the manor.At the time it was rented by Sir Shane Leslie, Billingham was regarded as the most haunted house on the Island.[5]

Architecture and fittings

There is a fine oak staircase dating to the Queen Anne period. Panelled oak room with secret recess. Subterranean passage leading from North to South end of house.

References

This article includes text incorporated from Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society's "Proceedings, Volume 2 (1894)", a publication now in the public domain.

  1. ^ Bacon, George Washington (1885). Tourists' guide and handbook to England and Wales. G.W. Bacon. pp. 5–. http://books.google.com/books?id=-csHAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA36-PA5. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Billingham Manor, Shorwell". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-393182-billingham-manor-shorwell. Retrieved 7 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Black, Adam; Black, Charles (1861). Black's guide to the south-eastern counties of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Black. pp. 854–. http://books.google.com/books?id=7iAHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA854. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Lloyd, David Wharton; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The Isle of Wight. Yale University Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 9780300107333. http://books.google.com/books?id=rCZ6rLTc2S0C&pg=PA218. Retrieved 7 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Boase, Wendy (1976). The folklore of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Batsford. ISBN 9780713430981. http://books.google.com/books?id=7Q7aAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 

Latitude/Longitude: 50.6348, -1.3141