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