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Hms Dryad (Southwick House)

A Grade II Listed Building in Southwick, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8747 / 50°52'29"N

Longitude: -1.1016 / 1°6'5"W

OS Eastings: 463308

OS Northings: 108743

OS Grid: SU633087

Mapcode National: GBR BC9.497

Mapcode Global: FRA 86LS.DPP

Plus Code: 9C2WVVFX+V9

Entry Name: Hms Dryad (Southwick House)

Listing Date: 24 September 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1096247

English Heritage Legacy ID: 146566

ID on this website: 101096247

Location: Southwick, Winchester, Hampshire, PO17

County: Hampshire

District: Winchester

Civil Parish: Southwick and Widley

Built-Up Area: Southwick

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Southwick

Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth

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SOUTHWICK AND WIDLEY
HMS Dryad (Southwick House)

II
Country mansion. Replacement in similar style in 1843 of a house built 1800 but destroyed by fire in 1840. By S Howell. Walls of stucco, roof hidden by parapet. Symmetrical south front elevation with slight projections at each side and central bow, of three storeys, 2.1.3.1.2 windows. Rusticated ground-floor, rusticated quoins, architraves to the windows, with pediments (segmental and triangular) to the first floor, eaves cornice on console brackets. Sashes in reveals. The ground-floor has a continuous verandah, supported on Ionic columns. The east elevation, of similar form, is symmetrical, of three storeys, 1.3.1 windows, with a porte-cochere of four Ionic columns. To the west side there extends a two-storeyed service wing, of 1.5.1. windows. Headquarters of General Eisenhower and the scene of the planning of the D-day invasion 1943-44. It is understood that a large map specifically commissioned for this purpose remains in situ, covering a wall in one of the ground floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SU6332408824

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