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An 18th-century dovecote stands in the grounds to the north of the house.<ref name=dovecote /> The large stable block, added some time between 1734 and 1740, is also in brick, and surrounds four sides of a courtyard with a narrow opening to the north.<ref name=stablelisting /> A colonnade links the house and stables.<ref name=nhlisting /> |
An 18th-century dovecote stands in the grounds to the north of the house.<ref name=dovecote /> The large stable block, added some time between 1734 and 1740, is also in brick, and surrounds four sides of a courtyard with a narrow opening to the north.<ref name=stablelisting /> A colonnade links the house and stables.<ref name=nhlisting /> |
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Following the purchase of much of the parish<ref name=”Penny”>{{Cite web|last=Churchill|first=Penny|url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/the-home-of-a-duke-that-became-an-officers-mess-now-a-wonderful-and-enormous-family-home-220398 |title=The home of a Duke that became an officer’s mess, now a wonderful — and enormous — family home|website=Country Life|date=29 November 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref> by the War Department in 1898, the house and stables became the home of the Cavalry School from 1904. The Cavalry School was amalgamated with the Royal Artillery Riding Establishment to become the [[Army School of Equitation]] at [[Weedon Bec|Weedon]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard |last=Mead|title=The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander Eighth Army|publisher=Casemate Publishers|year=2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDL_0AEACAAJ&pg=PA30|isbn=978-1848844650|page=30}}</ref> The building was subsequently used by the Machine Gun School, and in 1975 began to serve as the Officers’ Mess for the Support Weapons Wing of the School of Infantry. Avon camp closed in the 1990s and the house, stables and grounds were sold by the Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legacy-reports.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/content/uploads/2014/07/1662-Netheravon-House-WB-Rpt-06080-complete.pdf|title=Land at Netheravon House: Archaeological Watching Brief|date=October 2006|website=Cotswold Archaeology|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623175834/https://legacy-reports.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/content/uploads/2014/07/1662-Netheravon-House-WB-Rpt-06080-complete.pdf|archive-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> In 2004 the house was converted into two homes and the stables into seven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthemarket.com/details/3632712/|title=The Stables, Netheravon, Wiltshire|website=OnTheMarket|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref><ref name=”Penny” /> |
Following the purchase of much of the parish<ref name=”Penny”>{{Cite web|last=Churchill|first=Penny|url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/the-home-of-a-duke-that-became-an-officers-mess-now-a-wonderful-and-enormous-family-home-220398 |title=The home of a Duke that became an officer’s mess, now a wonderful — and enormous — family home|website=Country Life|date=29 November 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref> by the War Department in 1898, the house and stables became the home of the Cavalry School from 1904. The Cavalry School was amalgamated with the Royal Artillery Riding Establishment to become the [[Army School of Equitation]] at [[Weedon Bec|Weedon]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard |last=Mead|title=The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander Eighth Army|publisher=Casemate Publishers|year=2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDL_0AEACAAJ&pg=PA30|isbn=978-1848844650|page=30}}</ref> The building was subsequently used by the Machine Gun School, and in 1975 began to serve as the Officers’ Mess for the Support Weapons Wing of the School of Infantry. Avon camp closed in the 1990s and the house, stables and grounds were sold by the Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legacy-reports.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/content/uploads/2014/07/1662-Netheravon-House-WB-Rpt-06080-complete.pdf|title=Land at Netheravon House: Archaeological Watching Brief|date=October 2006|website=Cotswold Archaeology|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623175834/https://legacy-reports.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/content/uploads/2014/07/1662-Netheravon-House-WB-Rpt-06080-complete.pdf|archive-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> In 2004 the house was converted into two homes and the stables into seven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthemarket.com/details/3632712/|title=The Stables, Netheravon, Wiltshire|website=OnTheMarket|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref><ref name=”Penny” /> |
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In 1986 the house was recorded as [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]],<ref name=nhlisting>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1299956|desc=Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> and the stables and dovecote Grade II.<ref name=stablelisting>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1033957|desc=Stables to Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref name=dovecote>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1033902|desc=Dovecote at Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |
In 1986 the house was recorded as [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]],<ref name=nhlisting>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1299956|desc=Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref> and the stables and dovecote Grade II.<ref name=stablelisting>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1033957|desc=Stables to Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref name=dovecote>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1033902|desc=Dovecote at Netheravon House|access-date=23 June 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:48, 23 November 2025
Historic building in Wiltshire, England
Netheravon House is a Grade II listed building in Netheravon, Wiltshire, England.
The house was commissioned as a hunting lodge by Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort. The site he selected had been occupied by a Roman villa and later by a manor house.[1] It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick and completed in around 1734. The grounds were laid out before 1755 by Thomas Wright. In 1791 a block was added in the centre of the north front, for Michael Hicks Beach to designs of John Soane.[2] The three-storey house is built in brick and has five bays to its south entrance front, where there is a pedimented porch.[3]
An 18th-century dovecote stands in the grounds to the north of the house.[4] The large stable block, added some time between 1734 and 1740, is also in brick, and surrounds four sides of a courtyard with a narrow opening to the north.[5] A colonnade links the house and stables.[3]
Following the purchase of much of the parish[6] by the War Department in 1898, the house and stables became the home of the Cavalry School from 1904. The Cavalry School was amalgamated with the Royal Artillery Riding Establishment to become the Army School of Equitation at Weedon in 1922.[7] The building was subsequently used by the Machine Gun School, and in 1975 began to serve as the Officers’ Mess for the Support Weapons Wing of the School of Infantry. Avon camp closed in the 1990s and the house, stables and grounds were sold by the Ministry of Defence.[8] In 2004 the house was converted into two homes and the stables into seven.[9][6]
In 1986 the house was recorded as Grade II* listed,[3] and the stables and dovecote Grade II.[5][4]
A November 2020 article in Country Life magazine provided an update, with photographs, on the property. By that time the 11,188 square foot home had been extensively renovated; the north wing remained a separate residence.[6]
- ^ Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). “Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 11 pp165-181”. British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ “Netheravon House, Wiltshire: alterations and additions and designs for lodges for Michael Hicks Beach, 1791”. Sir John Soane’s Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Historic England. “Netheravon House (1299956)”. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b Historic England. “Dovecote at Netheravon House (1033902)”. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b Historic England. “Stables to Netheravon House (1033957)”. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Churchill, Penny (29 November 2020). “The home of a Duke that became an officer’s mess, now a wonderful — and enormous — family home”. Country Life. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Mead, Richard (2012). The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander Eighth Army. Casemate Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-1848844650.
- ^ “Land at Netheravon House: Archaeological Watching Brief” (PDF). Cotswold Archaeology. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ “The Stables, Netheravon, Wiltshire”. OnTheMarket. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
