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Listed Buildings
Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works                                                                          protection Grid Ref
 
Farmhouse
C.15		 Great Funtley Farmhouse. Timber-framed continuous Jetty House. Originally four rooms up and four down. Contemporary outshot at rear. Inside, many massive beams with champher and stop. Close studding and brick nogging remains at south west corner. Two original chimneys, one central with two flues, the other at south west end, with rooms added either side of it. First floor windows have diamond shaped leaded panes. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 553 090
 
House
C.16		 7, Bridge Street. Timber-framed house with jettied second storey. Purlin and windbrace roof. Probably in C.18 the wattle and daub outer walls were replaced by red brick with grey headers. Later converted into three cottages Nos. 5, 6 and 7 Bridge Street, and extended by 7ft. By 1968 house restored almost to its original proportions. Timber frame exposed internally. Faulty brick-work cement rendered and painted. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Farmhouse
C.17		 Northfield Farmhouse, Mill Lane. Tiled roof. The front stuccoed, the sides red brick. Doorway with flat hood over. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 578 124
 
House
C.17		 Queen's Lodge, 1-2, Bridge Street. Half-hipped tiled roof. Red brick, central west bay flanked by tall Ionic pilasters supporting a modillion cornice. Insurance plaque on wall. Doorway at head of four steps. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Barn
C.17		 Webb's Land Farm, north side. Half-hipped tiled roof with tie beams, arched windbraces and Queen-posts inside. Faced with tarred weather-boarding on a red brick base. Probably older than date stated.   SU 561 119
 
Mansion
C.18		 Park Place, Winchester Road. Convent of our Lady of Muswell, (Franciscan Order). Consisting of a centre portion and two wings, originally grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins but the front is now painted. Central porch with Doric columns. Round headed doorway with semi-circular fanlight and door of 6-fielded panels. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.656. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 566 116
 
House
C.18		 Adjoining The Anchorage, The Square. Ground floor stuccoed, first floor grey headers with red brick. Bay window on ground floor, tiled floor. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
 
Cottage
C.18		 3, Bridge Street, south west side. Red brick, grey headers once painted now cement faced. Eaves cornice of brick nogging, tiled roof. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Cottages (2)
C.18		 1 and 2, Bridge Street, south west side. Red brick, grey headers, once painted. Eaves cornice of brick nogging. Tiled roof. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Cottages (3)
C.18		 9-10-1 1, Bridge Street, south west side (known as The Barracks). Timber-framed with plaster infill. Curved braces on first floor, partly rebuilt in painted brick. Two small tile hung gables. Half-hipped tiled roof. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655 T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Cottage
C.18		 4, Bridge Street, south west side. Cement rendered and grey headers, tiled roof. Casement windows. Converted 1965. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Cottage
C.18		 7, Bridge Street, south west side. Was originally 5 and 7. Converted to one dwelling 1968. Red brick with grey headers, timber-framed, tiled roof, cement rendered frontage. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
House
C.18		 Attached to A. E. Knight, Builders. Painted brick with bay on ground floor. Tiled roof. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 
House
C.18		 A. E. Knight, Builders, The Square. Stuccoed, with long and short quoins, modillion eaves cornice, parapet, small shop window. Casement windows to whole of first floor. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Lloyds Bank, The Square. Stuccoed, with long and short quoins, modillion eaves cornice, parapet, and small shop window. Casement windows to whole of first floor. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Lower Wickham Lodge, Winchester Road. Consists of centre portion and two wings. Red brick, modillion eaves cornice, hipped tiled roof. The wings red brick and grey headers, wooden eaves cornice. Half-hipped tiled roof. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 568 115
 
River Bridge
C.18		 Wickham Bridge, Bridge Street. Also called Church Bridge. Two shallow segmental arches, with red brick wall above surmounted by a stone parapet ramped in the centre to contain inscribed stone dated 1792. C.A.
 		 SU 574 115
 
House
C.18		 The Gables, Winchester Road. Red brick with grey headers, tiled roof. Doorway with engaged half -octagonaI panels, flat hood over and door of six moulded panels. To the south west are C.19 additions originally part of the same building, but forming a seperate house known as The Croft. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 571 114
 
House
C.18		 Little Park Mansion, Titchfield Lane. Massive building converted into twelve flats. Originally the home of the Mott-Radciyffe's family. Stuccoed, hipped slate roof, shallow porch with engaged Doric columns. To the north of the main building is an L-shaped wing of lower elevation. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 563 119
 
House
C.18		 Warwick House, Bridge St., north east side. Painted brick, wooden dentilled eaves cornice, tiled roof. Two door-ways in moulded architrave surrounds. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
 
Building
C.18		 Victory Hall, Bridge Street. Originally a Malt House or Brewery converted to village hall in 1921. Tiled roof. Timber-framed, largely refaced with red brick and with grey headers. Once painted. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 574 114
 
House
C.18		 North east side of Bridge Street. (Occupied by Land Agents). Grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins. Parapet, hipped tiled roof. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 
House
C.18		 Eastbrook House, The Square, north west side. Two gabled dormers, grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins. Tiled roof. Splayed porch of four Doric columns with hipped tiled roof. Ref: 1. The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.654. Ref: 2. A History of English Brickwork, 1925, pp.58, 66, 240. Ref: 3. English Country House, (Furneaux Jordan), p.77. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Adjoining the Co-op Stores, The Square, north west side. Red brick and grey headers alternately on a stuccoed base. Tiled roof, two doorways with flat hoods on brackets and 6-panel doors. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Buddens Farm, Mill Lane. Timber-framed with red brick infilling in north wall. Refronted with red brick and grey headers in alternate course. Half-hipped tiled roof. Main structure probably older. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 574 116
 
House
C.18		 Blanton, Bridge St., north east side. Three hipped dormers. Grey headers with window keystones, quoins and flush string course all of red brick. Tiled roof. Round headed doorway up two steps with semi-circular fanlight and door of six moulded panels. Lions' heads on guttering. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.		 SU 573 115
 
Cottage
C.18		 Dale Cottage, Bridge St., south west side. Three hipped dormers, grey headers. Red brick on south east side. Tiled roof, small porch with slender columns. Insurance plaque. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 114
 
House
C.18		 Wickham House, The Square, south east side. Grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins. Parapet. Not central doorway having engaged Doric columns. Semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 fielded panels to the north east an early C.19 projecting addition. Mounting block incorporated in pavement. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.653-4. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Beverley House, Southwick Road. Three dormers. Cemented, string course, cornice and parapet. Mansard tile roof. Trellised porch.   SU 576 113
House
C.18		 Haverlock, The Square, north west side. Grey headers with window dressings, quoins, string course and cornice all of red brick. Tiled roof. Door with fluted pilasters, semi-circular fanlight, iron railings to forecourt. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.654. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 
House
C.18		 Wentworth, The Square, north west side. Grey headers with window dressings, quoins, string course and cornice all of red brick. Tiled roof, door with fluted pilasters, semi-circular fanlight. Red brick coach house adjoining to the north east. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.654. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
Hotel
C.18		 The King's Head Hotel, The Square, north west side. Painted brick, dentilled wooden eaves cornice, tiled roof, porch with slender columns. Carriage archway. Had brewery at rear. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.654. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
House
C.18		 Adjoining Eastbrook House to north east, The Square. Stuccoed, tiled roof, two small bays on ground floor. Doorway in moulded architrave surround with curved hood over. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
Cottages (2)
C.18		 2 and 3, Bugle Cottages, The Square. Grey headers with window dressings, quoins and modillion eaves cornice of red brick, tiled roof, doorways with joint flat hood over on brackets. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
Farmhouse
C.18		 Titchfield Park Farm, Funtley Lane. Cement faced, tiled roof, doorway in moulded architrave surround, brick structure.   SU 536 077
House
C.18		 The Rectory, Southwick Road. Red brick, grey headers, wooden modillion eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Porch with Doric columns, round headed doorway with semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 fielded panels. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 577 112
Farmhouse
C.18		 Lee Ground Farm, Titchfield Lane. Red brick and grey headers alternately. String course, half- hipped tiled roof.   SU 543 089
Farmhouse
C.18		 Webb's Land Farm. L-shaped building. Cement front, red brick sides and back. Tiled roof, doorway with flat hood on brackets.   SU 561 119
Shop
C.18		 High Street/Bridge Street. Painted brick, tiled roof, part red brick with grey headers. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
House
C.18		 The Old House, The Square. Grey headers with red brick window dressings. Brick string course, central doorway at street level. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
Shop
C.18		 Hunt, Butcher, The Square. Timber-framed, stuccoed, cornice and parapet, steeply pitched tiled roof, modern shop front. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
House and Shop
C.18		 No. 6, The Square. Red brick and grey headers, tiled roof, modern shop window. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
House
C.18		 No. 5, The Square. Red brick and grey headers, tiled roof. Conservatory built out on ground floor. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
Shop
C.18		 R. G. Warwick, The Square. Red brick and grey headers, tiled roof. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
Shop
C.18		 Birchall and Haydock, The Square. Red brick with grey headers, tiled roof, stuccoed. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
House
C.18		 The Old Tea House, High Street. L-shaped, painted brick, string course, eaves cornice, Tiled roof, modern shop front. Grotesque masks over the top windows. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		  
Cottage
C.18		 South of site of ironmill, lronmill Lane. 2 storeys. Brick structure. Tiled roof with mediaeval ridge tiles. Gables at south end, north end half hipped. Paired casement windows. Pilasters each side of front door.   SU 549 082
House
C.18		 The Upper House, Winchester Road. Centre portion with two wings. Red brick. Modillion eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. 3 storeys. Solid stuccoed porch. Wings on two storeys. Red brick and grey headers. Half-hipped tiled roof. Windows with glazing bars. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 570 115
House
C.18		 Railway House, between the railway line and School Road. 2 storeys. Grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins. Tiled roof. Wooden dentilled eaves cornice. Two bays on both floors. Doorway with moulded architrave surround, and pediment. Door of 6 fielded panels. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 574 114
 
Building
C.18		 Corner Whyke, High Street. Red brick, modillion eaves cornice, two small shop windows, tiled roof. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
Shop
C.18		 W. F. Blunden, High Street. Grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins, parapet of grey headers. Modern shop front, tiled roof. C.A. SU 572 115
Shop
C.18		 W. Heming, High Street. Red brick with grey headers, tiled roof. Modern shop front. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
House
C.18		 Culverts, High Street. Red brick, grey headers, tiled roof. Doorway with narrow pilasters. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
Farmhouse
C.19		 Castle Farmhouse. Red brick, eaves bracket cornice, hipped slate roof. Doorway with thin pilasters. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 579 106
House
C.19		 The Lower House, Winchester Road. Cement over brick, semi-circular hood over door.    
House
C.19		 Rookesbury Park School. Large Roman cement faced building. Wide and deep projecting portico of four Ionic columns on a plinth or steps. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 586 117
House
C.19		 Wickham Lodge, Winchester Road. Nearly square building, stuccoed, pilasters flank each bay, two grave stones at entrance of porch believed to contain coffins of infant sons of Sir Francis Collyer. Attached to the west is an addition originally part of the same building. Now separate house known as Upper Wickham Lodge. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 569 114
 
House
C.19		 Mill House, Mill Street. Red brick and grey headers, hipped slate roof, doorway in west wall with pilasters. Incorporating older timbered cottage to north. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 574 115
Hospital
C.19		 Knowle Mental Hospital (the original block). Recessed centre with projecting wings. Red brick, half-hipped tiled roof. Cemented clock turret and stone cupola in centre of roof. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.239.   SU 561 095
Church
C.19		 Church of St. Nicholas. Cruciform building, mainly rebuilt in 1862-3. West tower surmounted by a wooden bell turret. Brick and flint structure. Reset Norman doorway. O.S.A. No. SU51 SE12 Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.652-3. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 575 114
Mill
C.19		 Chesapeake Mill, Bridge Street. Red brick, hipped tiled roof. Mill on this site mentioned in Domesday Book. Present building incorporates timber from the American ship, Chesapeake, captured by H.M.S. Shannon in June 1813. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.655. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 574 115
 
Shop
C.20		 The Co-operative Store, The Square. Nothing remains of original building, - rebuilt. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
 
Cottage
 		 St. Georges, Bridge Street. Timber-framed, refaced, C.18 with red brick now painted. Eaves cornice, tiled roof. C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
House and Shop
 		 Joan, Hairdressers, The Square. Timber-framed, refaced with plaster, tiled roof, modern shop window. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.653. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
Barn
 		 Great Funtley Farm. Knapped flint wall probably mediaeval. Weatherboarded on other sides. Typical Hampshire Queen-post roof. Originally seven bays, now five. Half-hipped, tiled roof.   SU 553 089
Granary
 		 South of Great Funtley Farm. Brick structure. South west wall of garden wall bond. Supported on staddle stones. Gablets at peak of roof. Old wooden windows with wooden diagonal mullions. Bin partitions in situ, internally. Half-hipped, tiled roof.   SU 553 089
Building
 		 The Curio Shop, The Square, north west side. Timber-framed building with oversailing first floor. Ground floor plastered, first floor faced with brown roughcast. Tiled roof. Casement windows. 2 storeys. Small bay and modern shop window on ground floor. Wall paintings (discovered 1974) of floral design in first floor room. Also ceiling paintings on beams and undersides of first floor floorboards. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.654. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 571 114
 
Buildings
 		 South east side of The Square. C.18 fronts, but probably timber-framed. 2 storeys. Red brick with grey headers. Tiled roofs. Casement windows. Two with modern shop fronts. Carriageway arch to rear. Ref: Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p.653.   SU 572 114
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House
 		 The Anchorage, The Square. Partly red brick, timber-framed, tiled roof. Ref: The Buildings of England; Hants. and l.O.W., (Pevsner and Lloyd), p. 653. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
 
Building
 		 Rear of Curio Shop. Timber-framed, red brick infill. Tiled roof. C.A.
 		 SU 572 115
House
 		 Old Timbers, The Square. Timber-framed, brick infill, refaced with plaster. Small bay on ground floor, tiled roof. C.A.
 		 SU 572 114
Cottages
 		 1 A and 2A, Bridge Street, north east side. Originally three cottages. Timber-framed with red brick infill. Half-hipped tiled roof. At some time one house. T. & C.P. Act
C.A.
 		 SU 573 115
Farmhouse
 		 No. 3 and 4, Farm Cottages, Knowle, formerly Knowle Farm House. Timber-framed, red brick infill in north wall, refronted grey headers with red brick window dressings and quoins. Half- hipped tiled roof. T. & C.P. Act
 		 SU 559 096
Farmhouse
 		 Mayles, Mayles Lane. Timber-framed. Re-faced with painted brick. Tiled roof. Porch. Casement windows.   SU 570 109
 
Farmhouse
 		 Little Tapnage Farm, Titchfield Lane. L-shaped, timber-framed with partly red brick partly rough- cast infilling. Ground floor painted brick. Originally thatched. Front now tiled and remainder thatched.   SU 556 106
Railway
 		 Knowle Junction, Old Meon Valley Line. 1903- 1955. Line closed to goods traffic in 1962, subsequently privately leased. Ref: A Southern Region Record, 1964.   SU 556 100
 
Mill
 		 The Maltings, on River Meon. The Wheel House in poor state of repair, building now a garage. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 25, 1968.   SU 572 112
 
Historical or Literary Associations
Iron Mill (Site)
 		 Fontley House Farm, lronmill Lane. In operation C.17-C.19. Forge with tilt hammer worked by water power from River Meon. Henry Cort, who patented new methods of processing and resmelting iron, built a new mill. Site covered with iron slag and iron stone. Mill race and dam remains. Mill pond levels controllable form the sluices at the former Littley Funtley Mill,  dry O.S.A. No. SU50 NW15. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 5, 1905, (Minns), pp.203, 208. Ref: 2. V.C.H., Vol. 5, pp.464-5. Ref: 3. V.C.H., Vol. 3, p.221.