Conholt

Conholt

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Conholt
 Conholt shown within Wiltshire
OS grid referenceSU325550
Unitary authorityWiltshire
Ceremonial countyWiltshire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ANDOVER
Postcode district SP11 9
Police Wiltshire
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
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Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°17′35″N 1°32′10″W / 51.293°N 1.536°W / 51.293; -1.536

Conholt was a small village in west Wiltshire, England, close to the Hampshire border and about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Andover. It is now the site of the Conholt Park estate.

There may have been a village here in the 13th century, but by the 16th there were only farmsteads. In the late 17th century a deer park was created.[1]

The country house known as Conholt Park was built in the late 17th century and extended in the 18th and early 19th. The house is Grade II* listed and its 18th-century stable block and carriage house are Grade II listed.[2][3] Since 1992 the estate has been owned by a company belonging to the family of Paul van Vlissingen, an Anglo-Dutch businessman and philanthropist;[1] it was his home from 1994 until his death in 2006.[4]

Since the 19th century the land has been part of Chute civil parish.

References

  1. 1 2 Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16 pp108-120 - Chute". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Conholt Park (1035931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Stable and carriage house at Conholt (1194589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Obituary: Paul Van Vlissingen". The Independent. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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