The Elms (Bedhampton)

The Elms is an historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant, Hampshire in England. It is a Grade II listed building[1] The house was built in the 17th Century and improved in the Gothic revival style during the 18th.[2] Midway through the 19th century the owner, Sir Theophilus Lee,[3] invited his second cousin Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dine there, commissioning a room[4] in his honour.[5] Lee's son, Authur, was MP for Havant at the end of the 19th century.[6] Today it forms part of the Manor Trust,[7] a housing charity providing sheltered accommodation for elderly local residents.

References

  1. ^ "Detailed Record: The Elms". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=135426. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
  2. ^ Page,W(Ed) Bedhampton: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 142-44
  3. ^ His family vault lies in the nearby churchyard Burrows, D The Parish of Bedhampton (1998 Bedhampton, Bedhampton Parish Church)
  4. ^ The Waterloo Room is open to the public one week-end a year during The Elms Spring Bank Holiday Fund Raising events.
  5. ^ Palmer, A Bedhampton Village Trail (2000, Bedhampton, Bedhampton Society)
  6. ^ Local Cricket Club Web Site
  7. ^ Trust Web-Site