Pylewell Park is the ancestral home to the Roper-Curzon family[1]; it occupies 1500 acres including beautiful gardens. At the end of the drive, there is a quarter-mile church. Pylewell is licensed for ceremonies that allow people to explore a private beach, a fifteen-acre lake and house gardens of 27 acres.[2][3]
Since 1879, it has belonged to the Roper-Curzon family. Today the Honorable David John Roper-Curzon, eldest son of Lord Teynham, lives in it with his eldest son Henry “Harry” Christopher Roper-Curzon and his other children. The house has a stunning sea aspect as well as rolling countryside sweeping views because it is set in 1500 acres, with a private beach, a 15-acre lake and rambling house gardens of 27 acres.[4]
History
editThe book of Domesday has recorded all the indispensable history related to Pylewell estate which is the earliest known settlement. It dates back to the 12th century where Knights Templar Preceptor occupied it which was located on the Baddesley Manor site.[5] Sir Richard Worsley lived in Pylewell Ground in 1609. Afterward, the family of Worsley built the house on the present site near Appuldurcombe. During the 17th century, Pylewell estate was fortified to Jacobean Lodge.[4] Ascanius William Senior started leasing this park and by 1787 he eventually bought it.
Accordingly, from 1787 to 1801 Thomas Robbins bought the park and removed most of the formal gardens elements and introduced ornamental walks and informal schemes of parkland. Thomas Weld acquired the estate in 1801 for his son called Joseph. Joseph aged 25years when he acquired Pylewell and since then he actively dealt with all affairs of the estate up to 1828.[4] As such, he made extensive enhancements to the gardens and farms such as North Park improvements in 1818. Additionally, in 822 the South Lake was constructed. More improvements continued including the avenue of southern Solent in additional to lay grounds in the formal garden and this occurred in the early eighteen century. By 1854, William Peers of Williams’s Freeman started improving the Weld’s construction as well as the Pylewells grounds. A circular parterre was included in the house of the southeast as more land was bought in the school village of Baddesley.
Before 1874 when William Ingham Whitaker acquired the Pylewell estate, it was owned by nearly four more owners including Mr. Thomas Robins, Thomas Weld, Joseph Weld, and Joseph Worker.[6] As soon as he acquired the estate, he added a new lodge and drive among other important changes to the house. After his death in 1893 his son William Ingham Whitaker, succeeded him and made more significant alterations. In 1903 he married and traveled to Japan.[4] Accordingly, he developed the pleasure grounds with Australasian and Asian plant collections including bridges and a new lily pond. Between 1912 and 1920s he gradually established rhododendrons collection on the lake blanks. This is the time in which all the gardens attained their most decorative stage. Although in 1936 the William Ingham Whitaker III inherited the estate, it was demolished in 1951.[4] This happened during wartime where east and west wings of the house and parkland were affected. The nephew of William Ingham Whitaker, Lord Teynham inherited the estate in the year 1988.[5]
References
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- ^ "Pylewell Park". The New Forest. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Pylewell Park, Hampshire, South East". Coco Wedding Venues. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Burke, B. (2016). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. London: Henry Colburn.
- ^ a b "A History of Pylewell Park". Pylewell Park. March 1, 2016.
- ^ "Reflections: Pylewell Park – uncovering the story of a local landmark". Advertiser and Times. May 17, 2019.