Keydell House

Keydell House[1] was situated in 45 acres (180,000 m2) 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 houses in 1968. 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