South Stoneham House is a Grade II* listed former manor house in Swaythling, Southampton; the former seat of the Barons Swaythling before the family moved to the nearby Townhill Park House. The building is currently owned by the University of Southampton, and until recently was used as a hall of residence, part of the Wessex Lane Halls.
Originally called Bishop's Stoneham, the records of the manor date from Domesday, but the current house was constructed in the early eighteenth century. Attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor with gardens and landscaping by Lancelot "Capability" Brown, the house is close to the River Itchen and Monks Brook. The manor was owned and occupied by a long series of families and people, including the Willis-Fleming family of nearby North Stoneham and Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
After Montagu's death his son elected to continue living at nearby Townhill Park House, and South Stoneham was subsequently sold to University College Southampton (now the University of Southampton) for use as student accommodation. In 1964 the building was considerably altered by adding a 17-storey tower and a kitchen and dining complex to the building. In 2004 the University submitted plans to demolish these extensions with the intention of converting the original house into a conference venue and building new blocks of flats on the remaining landscaped gardens.
Read more about South Stoneham House: Grounds and Gardens, Redevelopment Proposals
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