Billingham Manor (or Billingham House) is a manor house lying about a mile south of the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight.
| Billingham Manor | |
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| Alternative names | Billingham House |
| General information | |
| Type | Manor house |
| Classification | Grade II* |
| Town or city | Chillerton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Opened | 1631 |
The oldest part of the house dates from 1631. The house was largely remodelled a hundred years later by Edward Worsley, son of Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe House. The house was owned at one time by J.B. Priestley.
Considered to be one of the island's antiquities,[1] it is a Grade II* listed building since 1951.[2]
It was the seat of the Worsley family,[3] and owned at one time by a Mrs. Lawrence.[4] British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer Olivia Manning was cremated and her ashes buried at the manor. At the time it was rented by Sir Shane Leslie, Billingham was regarded as the most haunted house on the Island.[5]
Architecture and fittings
editThere is a fine oak staircase dating to the Queen Anne period. Panelled oak room with secret recess. Subterranean passage leading from North to South end of house.
References
editThis article includes text incorporated from Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society's "Proceedings, Volume 2 (1894)", a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ Bacon, George Washington (1885). Tourists' guide and handbook to England and Wales. G.W. Bacon. pp. 5–. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Billingham Manor, Shorwell". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ Black, Adam; Black, Charles (1861). Black's guide to the south-eastern counties of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Black. pp. 854–. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ Lloyd, David Wharton; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The Isle of Wight. Yale University Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-300-10733-3. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ Boase, Wendy (1976). The folklore of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-3098-1. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
Latitude/Longitude: 50.6348, -1.3141