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The central part of Hursley Park, consisting of eleven bays, dates from 1721-1724, and was of a symmetrical form typical of the age. John Draper, as clerk of works, may have had some architectural responsibilities, although John James has also been attributed as architect. The house was of red brick, quoined with stones. Large, framed oblong sash windows had small inset brick panels above them. Both north and south elevations had porticos of four huge Doric pilasters and pediments.
The house was re-modelled in the 1820s, and much enlarged in 1902-1903 by the Cooper family with the addition of two wings. The extensions give the house an overall Edwardian feel.
Hursley Park was built by Sir William Heathcote, latter passing to Joseph Baxendale (in 1888) and then to George Cooper (in 1902). In the Second World War, the house was requisitioned by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and Vickers Marine was relocated here from Southampton. Much development work on the Spitfire was done here. Vickers remained until 1958, and shortly afterwards IBM (International Business Machines) moved in. Hursley Park is now part of their large computer laboratories, with separate laboratories and offices built behind the house between 1962 and 1964.
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Peach, D Len (compiler). 1995 (2nd edition). Merdone: the history of Hursley Park. | 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 | Rights holder: | D Len Peach | Subjects: | Hursley Park building International Business Machines Vickers Marine Spitfire | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1920-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Taunt and Co; (Copied by: Peach, Len; January 1995) | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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