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Keydell House
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Keydell House [1] was situated in 45 acres of land near Lovedean Corner [2], in the village of Horndean, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Catherington [3]Hampshire from Georgian times until its demolition to make way for flats in 1969. The earliest deed still in existence ( for the field "Nine Acres") is dated 1660.[4] The House itself was a three storey, rectangular mansion with shuttered windows and formal gardens. These eventually became Keydell Nurseries, although the business which still trades under that name moved to a bigger site in 1979[1]. The House had two notable owners: the Victorian actor Edmund Kean[2]; and, most famously, Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe, a full general of the British Army.[5]
Notes
- ^ Hampshire Register of Historic Parks and Gardens: Revised Deposit HBDWLP (Environment Department, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UE)
- ^ Williams' Guide and Timetable to some of the Beauty Spots on the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway, July 1913
- ^ Victoria County History A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 Page,W(Ed) 1908 pp 94-101
- ^ Havant Museum Local History Collection: autobiographical notebook of Margaret Strange, Keydell resident 1928-53)
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography: 2nd Supplement, 1901-1911 Lee, Sidney(Ed) ISBN: 0198652011 p846