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Description: | Cuffnells was built by Sir Thomas Tancred but greatly embellished in 1794-5 by Sir George Henry Rose, MP for Southampton (1794-1813) and Christchurch (1814-1844). The south front, with the west end and the grove of oaks sheltering the north side of the house, is illustrated. The library, on this side, housed one of the largest collections of books then in private hands. The estate was purchased in 1856 by Jonathan Liddell. His son, Reginald, married Alice Liddell, the heroine of 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carrol. She lived at Cuffnells until 1935. The house is now demolished.
The accompanying text by E W Brayley is fairly dismissive of the house: "[It] stands on a rising ground, embossed with trees, and is calculated more for internal convenience, and domestic comfort, than splendor."
References:
1. Coysh, A W, Some lost houses of Hampshire. Hampshire Magazine, July 1992, p. 2
2. Brayley, E W and J Britton. 1818. Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight; or, original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of that county, p. 178-181. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | building George Henry Rose Thomas Tancred Jonathan Hargreaves Alice Liddell library house Lewis Carrol Alice in Wonderland Cuffnells Reginald Hargreaves | Temporal: | start=1805-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | J Britton; J C Smith, Vernor and Hood | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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