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Netley Castle

A Grade II* Listed Building in Netley, Hampshire

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Latitude: 50.8775 / 50°52'39"N

Longitude: -1.3601 / 1°21'36"W

OS Eastings: 445113

OS Northings: 108863

OS Grid: SU451088

Mapcode National: GBR 883.YRY

Mapcode Global: FRA 861S.7Y6

Plus Code: 9C2WVJHQ+2W

Entry Name: Netley Castle

Listing Date: 21 October 1974

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1336957

English Heritage Legacy ID: 355004

ID on this website: 101336957

Location: Netley, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO31

County: Hampshire

District: Eastleigh

Civil Parish: Hound

Built-Up Area: Netley

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Hound St Edward the Confessor

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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Description


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

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