Hale Park
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Hale Park is a country house and landscape park in the village of Hale, Hampshire
. It was designed and built by Thomas Archer
around 1715.
, Groom Porter
to Queen Anne, and Baroque
architect, who bought the manor of Hale
sometime after 1712. He demolished an Elizbethan mansion which had been designed by John Webb for the Penruddock family. The house was designed and built by Archer around 1715. It was remodelled around 1792 by the architect Henry Holland
. Other alterations were made in the early and late 19th century.
The house has two storeys and seven bay-windows at the front. It has cement rendered walls, a portico with pediment and Corinthian columns, and a slate roof. The service wings flank the house but are detached. They also are of two storeys, with cement rendered walls and slate roofs.
It is now a Grade I listed building. The house is in private ownership and is not open to the public.
The park includes a circular pool surrounded by yew hedging and topiary shapes. There is a Ha ha
towards the south. The park contains a number of copses, and lodges including the South Lodge which has a Doric portico. Tree avenues cross the park, including a lime avenue which runs north east to Hatchett Lodge, and extends beyond park. The Mount is possibly from the 17th century house and is enclosed by hedging.
At one time there was an ice house in the park.
is in Hale Park to the north-west of the house. It was originally a medieval church modified in the 17th century, and then rebuilt in 1717 by Thomas Archer. The older nave and chancel were retained, and new transepts added. It was reroofed in the 19th century when a bellcote was added on the north transept. There are stained glass windows in the chancel and south transept.
Hale, Hampshire
Hale is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the border of the New Forest, overlooking the valley of the River Avon. The village is about north-east of the town of Fordingbridge, and about south of the city of Salisbury...
. It was designed and built by Thomas Archer
Thomas Archer
Thomas Archer was an English Baroque architect, whose work is somewhat overshadowed by that of his contemporaries Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Archer was born at Umberslade Hall in Tanworth-in-Arden in Warwickshire, the youngest son of Thomas Archer, a country gentleman, Parliamentary...
around 1715.
Hale Park House
Hale Park House was built by Thomas ArcherThomas Archer
Thomas Archer was an English Baroque architect, whose work is somewhat overshadowed by that of his contemporaries Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Archer was born at Umberslade Hall in Tanworth-in-Arden in Warwickshire, the youngest son of Thomas Archer, a country gentleman, Parliamentary...
, Groom Porter
Groom Porter
The Groom-Porter was an office at the royal court of the kings of England, who had 'the Inspection of the King's Lodgings, and takes care that they are provided with Tables, Chairs, Firing, &c. As also to provide Cards, Dice, &c. when there is playing at Court: To decide Disputes which arise in...
to Queen Anne, and Baroque
English Baroque
English Baroque is a term sometimes used to refer to the developments in English architecture that were parallel to the evolution of Baroque architecture in continental Europe between the Great Fire of London and the Treaty of Utrecht ....
architect, who bought the manor of Hale
Hale, Hampshire
Hale is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the border of the New Forest, overlooking the valley of the River Avon. The village is about north-east of the town of Fordingbridge, and about south of the city of Salisbury...
sometime after 1712. He demolished an Elizbethan mansion which had been designed by John Webb for the Penruddock family. The house was designed and built by Archer around 1715. It was remodelled around 1792 by the architect Henry Holland
Henry Holland (architect)
Henry Holland was an architect to the English nobility. Born in Fulham, London, his father also Henry ran a building firm and he built several of Capability Brown's buildings, although Henry would have learnt a lot from his father about the practicalities of construction it was under Brown that he...
. Other alterations were made in the early and late 19th century.
The house has two storeys and seven bay-windows at the front. It has cement rendered walls, a portico with pediment and Corinthian columns, and a slate roof. The service wings flank the house but are detached. They also are of two storeys, with cement rendered walls and slate roofs.
It is now a Grade I listed building. The house is in private ownership and is not open to the public.
Hale Park
The grounds were laid out from about 1715 by Thomas Archer. During the 19th century and early 20th century the grounds were simplified and new features were added to the gardens.The park includes a circular pool surrounded by yew hedging and topiary shapes. There is a Ha ha
Ha Ha
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towards the south. The park contains a number of copses, and lodges including the South Lodge which has a Doric portico. Tree avenues cross the park, including a lime avenue which runs north east to Hatchett Lodge, and extends beyond park. The Mount is possibly from the 17th century house and is enclosed by hedging.
At one time there was an ice house in the park.
Saint Mary's church
The parish church of HaleHale, Hampshire
Hale is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the border of the New Forest, overlooking the valley of the River Avon. The village is about north-east of the town of Fordingbridge, and about south of the city of Salisbury...
is in Hale Park to the north-west of the house. It was originally a medieval church modified in the 17th century, and then rebuilt in 1717 by Thomas Archer. The older nave and chancel were retained, and new transepts added. It was reroofed in the 19th century when a bellcote was added on the north transept. There are stained glass windows in the chancel and south transept.