Netley Castle
NETLEY CASTLE, ABBEY HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1336957
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Netley Castle
- Statutory Address:
- NETLEY CASTLE, ABBEY HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1336957
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Netley Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- NETLEY CASTLE, ABBEY HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NETLEY CASTLE, ABBEY HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Eastleigh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hound
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 45113 08862
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/01/2013
SU 40 NE 8/154
21.10.74
5230
HOUND
ABBEY HILL (OFF)
Netley Castle
II*
1542, the core of the structure is a coastal fort, one of a series built in the
Solent area by Henry VIII. The lower walling belongs to this period and the curving
top of the parapet shows in several places, with some splayed apertures which
protected the gun emplacements. Weighted and altered circa 1840-60 with the
addition of a Gothic tower.
The building was extensively remodelled circa 1885-90 to the designs of Sedding
(1889 on rainwater heads) in a Gothic/Baronial style.
A central block of 2 storeys, attic and basement is a plain mssive unit, with deep
splayed reveals (like loopholes) to the openings and rounded corner turrets. It has
3 gables above the castellated parapet. On the south front there are 4 first floor
windows, a band, and on the ground floor a central bay resting on a splayed
basement. On the north (entrance) front there is a 2-storeyed porch with a window
on each side, those on the ground floor appearing as later large mullioned and
transomed insertions.
The wings are more complex, with a grading outwards of the Gothic treatment towards
a more domestic style. The north wing has 3 storeys and basement, with an octagonal
stair turret on the corner. The south wing is 2-storeyed (of about equal height)
but ends in a prominent octagonal tower, with its own octagonal stair turret.
Within the general symmetry the detail of fenestration is rich in variation, in the
Gothic manner. Stone walling. Casement windows.
Inside, the main rooms continue the elaborate Gothic treatment. The entrance hall
has a massive fireplace at one end and at the other a grand timber staircase, at the
top of which an organ has been built into a recess. A billiard room is fully
panelled. The first floor of the south wing is a panelled apartment of irregular
shape, and includes a section within the Tower, with an oriel window.
Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: SU4516309217
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 355004
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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