Oakley Hall, Hampshire
| Oakley Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Georgian mansion |
| Location | Oakley, Hampshire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°14′57″N 1°11′6″W / 51.24917°N 1.18500°WCoordinates: 51°14′57″N 1°11′6″W / 51.24917°N 1.18500°W |
| Completed | 1795 |
Oakley Hall is a Georgian manor in Oakley, Hampshire, located 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west of Basingstoke. Completed in 1795 by Wither Bramston, the building is now a hotel and conference centre . It is located in a wooded park intersected by the former South Western railway.[1]
Geography
Oakley Hall is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Basingstoke. It lies to the east of the two main churches in Oakley, St Leonards and Oakley Church, off the main road through the village. Situated in a wooded park of 198 hectares (490 acres), it stretches from Deane to Church Oakley Parish.[2][3][4]
A national school, accommodating 120 students, was built in nearby Oakley on the property of William W. B. Beach in 1855 and by 1872, it was expanded. A headmaster's cottage and a children's playground were further additions.[1] In 1940, Oakley Hall itself was used as a boarding school known as Hilsea College for the children of naval officers.[5] It 1973, it was reported that the estate included Tadley Place and Wyford Farm.[6]
History
The history of the manor, originally known as Hall or Hall Place, dates from 1299 when Robert atte Hall and John atte Hall were its free tenants under the manor of Deane, Hampshire. The property changed hands several times over the centuries, coming into the ownership of George Wither in 1620,[6] who added to it "estates in five other manors as well as the advowsons of two churches".[7] The estate then fell into the hands of the Bramston family.[8] Wither Bramston (born 1753),[9] demolished the old building and completed Oakley Hall in 1795,[10][2] after his marriage to Mary Chute of The Vyne.[11] Notable residents have included William Wither Bramston Beach (1826–1901), a Conservative politician, and the early amateur photographer Jane Martha St. John (1801–1882) who lived with her husband in the estate's Oakley Cottage.[12]
Features
The old hall is an elegantly decorated building.[13] It is a four star hotel with facilities for small conferences.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kelly, Edward Robert (1875). Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight (Public domain ed.). pp. 114–.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oakley Hall Hotel", Hampshire Gardens Trust Research. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "Oakley Hall, Hampshire". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Oakley Hall". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ "Oakley Hall", The Haunted Database. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Doubleday, Herbert Arthur (1973). The Victoria history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Published for the University of London Institute of Historical Research. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7129-0594-7.
- ↑ Cruickshanks, Eveline; Hayton, David W.; Handley, Stuart (1 January 2002). The House of Commons: 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press. pp. 905–. ISBN 978-0-521-77221-1.
- ↑ Gilroy, Amanda (2004). Green and Pleasant Land: English Culture and the Romantic Countryside. Peeters Publishers. p. 116. ISBN 978-90-429-1438-4. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ Withers, Thomas; Bigg-Wither, Reginald F.; Withers, Thomas; Reginald Fitz Hugh Bigg-Wither (1907). A History Of The Wither Family (Public domain ed.). Trafford Publishing. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-1-4251-3783-0.
- ↑ William Page (ed.), "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4" (1911). Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ Faye, Deirdre Le (2003). Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels. Frances Lincoln ltd. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-0-7112-2278-6.
- ↑ "Beach family of Oakley and Deane (Hampshire): William [Hicks Beach (1783-1856) and Jane Henrietta [nee Browne] his wife (1804-1831)"], Ref. D2445/F4/1, Gloucestershire Archives. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ William White (1878). History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. pp. 207–. Retrieved 22 June 2013.