More information : (SU 78195638) Elvetham Hall on site of (T.I.) Elvetham Hall (G.T.). (1) A park at Elvetham is mentioned in 1359.(a) The house was visited by Henry VIII in 1535 and 1536 and by Elizabeth I in 1591. (2) Rebuilt by Frederick, 4th Baron Calthorpe, (1851-1868). (3) The old house was demolished many years ago and a very plain house built out of the old material. This is now being recast and added to. (4) The present house is entirely 19th c. and later. It is known as Elvetham Hall and is now a training college and reception centre for I.C.I. Ltd. I know nothing of a possible depopulated village here. (5) The house shows no signs of antiquity. No evidence of a depopulated village was seen. To the S of the house is a park demarcated by a fragmentary bank, the course of which, elsewhere, is indicated by modern field boundaries. (6) Grade 2*. (7) Elvetham Hall, listed grade II* (See Housing List for full description) (8) HBMC Listed Garden Grade II (9)
A castle is recorded at Elvetham in 1305. (14) |