Haseley Manor
| Haseley Manor | |
| Hampshire | |
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 Haseley Manor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ54718572 |
| Location: | 50°40’2"N, 1°13’33"W |
| History | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Website: | haseley-manor.co.uk |
Haseley Manor is a 14th-century house in Arreton on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. The house is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The name Haseley is derived from the Old English Hæsel leah meaning hazel meadow, and the first record appears in 1086 in the Domesday Book, with Haseley being previously owned by King Harold.
Part of the south wing contains Norman timber carved by the monks of Quarr Abbey in 1139 and Haseley claims to be the oldest house on the Island. Past owners have included four kings, Harold, William I, William II and Henry VIII, it was also the home of the judge, Sir Thomas Fleming, who tried Guy Fawkes.
In 1537 Thomas Wriothesley obtained a grant of it from the Crown, and sold it next year to John Mill of Southampton, whose son George made it his residence in the reign of Elizabeth. Here, Sir John Oglander notes, he 'kept a brave house and lived worshipfully.' According to Sir John Oglander the house was practically rebuilt by the Mills family.[2] From John Mill, the manor passed in the same way as Binstead to the Fleming family of North Stoneham Park. In 1781 the then owner, Colonel Edward Fleming, remodelled the two south rooms and generally modernized the house. In 1912 it was recorded as belonging to Mr John E. A. Willis-Fleming.
By 1976 Haseley was derelict and overgrown with ivy. It has been restored over a 25-year period by Mr. Raymond Young and is now a Grade II* listed building and the private residence of Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Roberts
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1292781: Haseley Manor (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 5 : Parishes: Arreton (Victoria County History)
