Landguard Manor

Landguard Manor
Location within Isle of Wight
General information
Town or city Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Country England

Landguard Manor (or Languard) is a manor house in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, over the centuries it was home to numerous notable gentlemen. It is a Grade II listed building. One of the finest known portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy, is located in its drawing room.[1]

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Geography

The house is located off Landguard Manor Road, about 0.66 miles (1.06 km) north of the town centre. Nearby is Landguard Camping Park,[2] Lake Common,[3] and well as the Shanklin Cemetery which contains the HMS Eurydice memorial honouring the sailors who died in the area in 1878 during one of Britain's worst peace-time naval disasters.[4]

History

The Landguard estate was recorded in the Domesday Book.[5][6]

Landguard is an ancient manor house that later became a farmhouse before another manor home was built at the site in the mid to late 19th century.[7][8]

The English numismatist and antiquarian Charles Roach Smith was born at Landguard Manor in 1807.[9]

The later manor-house was erected by Colonel Francis Henry Atherley (1831–1897) on the site of the older one.[10][11] His wife, Lady Isabella Julia Elizabeth Howard (c. 1843–1910), was the daughter of Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk.[12] Their son, Arthur Harry Howard Atherley was born at the manor house in 1865.[13] Landguard Manor was the constant host to Riflemen of the 60th and Riflemen Brigade.[14]

Architecture and fittings

The south facing building was built in the late 18th century. It was extended in 1878 and remodelled in 1906. The original front of the building has five bays, constructed of brick, and featuring stone quoins. Currently, the main frontage is the former east side of the 1878 extension. The irregular facade is of stone and for the most part is Neo-Jacobean. There is a large balustraded porch, probably part of the 1906 addition, with multiple round arches. Some of the internal features include a two-tiered colonnaded hall, a well staircase, and a wing with an arched loggia.[8] In 1995 the house was designated a Grade II listed building.[6]

Flora and fauna

Flora around the manor includes Lesser Dodder, Purple Broomrape, Northern Hard Fern, Savi's Club Rush.[15] A Hoopoe was recorded near the manor in 1897.[16]

References

  1. ^ Black, Adam; Black, Charles (1888). Guide to the Isle of Wight (Now in the public domain. ed.). A. and C. Black. pp. 96–. http://books.google.com/books?id=b9BCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA96. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Andrews, Robert (April 2004). Rough guide to England. Rough Guides. pp. 270–. ISBN 9781843532491. http://books.google.com/books?id=sXrZmU-2TsoC&pg=PA270. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Townsend, p. 519
  4. ^ "Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight – Shanklin Cemetery : HMS Eurydice memorial -". isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk. http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/war-graves/sha/shanklincemy_eurydice.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  5. ^ History, Landguard Manor website, accessed August 2, 2011
  6. ^ a b Landguard Manor, Shanklin, BritishListedBuildings.co.uk
  7. ^ Jenkinson, Henry Irwin (1876). Jenkinson's smaller practical guide to the Isle of Wight (Now in the public domain. ed.). pp. 74–. http://books.google.com/books?id=bAoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  8. ^ a b Lloyd, David Wharton; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The Isle of Wight. Yale University Press. pp. 269–. ISBN 9780300107333. http://books.google.com/books?id=rCZ6rLTc2S0C&pg=PA269. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  9. ^  "Smith, Charles Roach". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 
  10. ^ Adams, William Henry Davenport (1884). The Isle of Wight: its history, topography, and antiquities ... especially adapted to the wants of the tourist and excursionist (Now in the public domain. ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. pp. 197–. http://books.google.com/books?id=81gYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  11. ^ Sir Frederick Robert St. John (1905). Reminiscences of a retired diplomat. Chapman & Hall, ltd.. p. 260. http://books.google.com/books?id=x8jnaBEQ7z4C. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 
  12. ^ Kelly's handbook to the titled, landed & official classes (Now in the public domain. ed.). Kelly and Co.. 1882. pp. 29–. http://books.google.com/books?id=JdYNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA29. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 
  13. ^ Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue (January 1994). Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Clarence Volume, Containing the Descendants of George, Duke of Clarence. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 434–. ISBN 9780806314327. http://books.google.com/books?id=w9UYYThhRIQC&pg=PA434. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  14. ^ Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (1898). The Rifle Brigade chronicle (Now in the public domain. ed.). s.n. pp. 331–. http://books.google.com/books?id=udA1muqOqbsC&pg=PA331. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  15. ^ Townsend, Frederick (1904). Flora of Hampshire: including the Isle of Wight or a list of the flowering plants and ferns found in the county of Southampton with localities of the less common species (Now in the public domain. ed.). Lovell Reeve and Co.. pp. 65, 118, 263, 289, 378, 453, 519. http://books.google.com/books?id=tvQYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA453. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  16. ^ Kelsall, J. E.; Munn, Philip W. (1905). The birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Now in the public domain. ed.). Witherby. pp. 117–. http://books.google.com/books?id=aW8aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA117. Retrieved 13 July 2011. 

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