Glasshayes
| Glasshayes | |
|---|---|
 Glasshayes in the early 20th century | |
| General information | |
| Status | scheduled for demolition |
| Address | 78 High Street, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7NL |
| Opening | early 19th century (retaining material from earlier building) |
| Owner | PegasusLife |
Glasshayes is a historic country house in Lyndhurst, in The New Forest, Hampshire. Converted in the 20th century into the Grand Hotel, then the Lyndhurst Park Hotel, the building and estate was purchased in 2014 by developers and is now scheduled for demolition.
History
The current house was built in the early 19th century, utilising material from an earlier building (also called Glasshayes) which from about 1763-1770 was home to Captain Arthur Phillip and his first wife Charlotte. In the 1840s Glasshayes "consisted of a house, offices, garden and pleasure ground on six acres and four acres of adjoining fields, three of which was pasture",[1] during which time it was the English seat of Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duke de Stacpoole, who died there on the 7 July 1848.[2][3] In 1862 Charles Castleman moved to Glasshayes with his third wife Isabel Swinburne,[4] and whilst in residence gifted the clock to the clocktower of the newly built local St. Michael and All Angels church.[5] Towards the end of the 19th century the house became the seat of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Caldcleugh Macleay, a local magistrate and commander of the Seaforth Highlanders, and was the childhood home of Sir James William Ronald Macleay and his sister Lina MacLeay (who would later marry Sir Robert Arbuthnot).[6][7] Glasshayes was used as the original headquarters of the Lyndhurst Golf Club, established in 1889,[8] and in 1893 a bazaar was held at the mansion to raise £1000 for a new roof at the local church.[9]
Modern times
In the 20th century the house received multiple extensions and was converted into use as a 60 bed hotel, first named the Grand Hotel, and later the Lyndhurst Park Hotel. In 2014 the hotel and estate was closed and bought by developers PegasusLife, who plan to demolish the house in order to build retirement flats on the land, despite local opposition.[10]
References
- ↑ McClymont, John. Governor Phillip Part 3 – the Peaceful Years 1763-1774. 20 Aug, 2014
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976. p.357
- ↑ Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole, The Peerage
- ↑ Jolliffe, Bob. It was Curvy like a Corkscrew, Bournemouth Echo, 1 Apr 2008
- ↑ The parishioners of Lyndhurst will be delighted to hear that Charles Castleman, Esq., of Glass Hayes Mansion, in this place, has munificently offered to give new first-rate church clock, to be placed in the new tower now building here - Salisbury and Winchester Journal Wiltshire, 5 Dec 1863
- ↑ Walford, Edward. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland 1892
- ↑ Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Caldcleugh Macleay, The Peerage
- ↑ New Forest Golf Club: History
- ↑ Mrs. Bowden-Smith noted: After some years the roof became faulty and in 1893 there was a large bazaar and entertainment at Glasshayes (now the Lyndhurst Park Hotel) to raise 1,000 pounds for a new roof. The bazaar did not produce sufficient but the money did come in and the new roof was erected. - Lyndhurst parish church – the earlier church of St. Michael, New Forest Explorers Guide
- ↑ Hampshire-based Pegasus Life plans to knock down 60-bed Lyndhurst Park Hotel and replace with flats, Bournemouth Daily Echo, 30 Apr 2015