Westbury House

Westbury House is a country house south of West Meon Road between East Meon and West Meon in Hampshire, England.

Westbury House stables

The house was built in the Palladian style but rebuilt in brick after a fire in 1904.[1] It subsequently became a boys' preparatory school,[2] whose headmaster until the late 1970s was Errol Adrian 'Sherard' Manners, brother of John Manners. It later became a care home until it closed in the 2016 after being rated inadequate by inspectors.[3][4]

It was once occupied by the Sartoris family and Mary Sartoris was painted by Frederick Leighton.[5]

The house is not a listed building, although the ice houses are listed.[6] and stables nearby are, presumably having escaped destruction in the fire.

References
  1. "Westbury House".
  2. "Westbury House School".
  3. "Westbury House Nursing Home". www.cqc.org.uk.
  4. "Medical records left in abandoned nursing home". BBC News.
  5. "Portrait of May Sartoris - Kimbell Art Museum". www.kimbellart.org.
  6. "ICE HOUSES 60 METRES SOUTH OF THE STABLES, East Meon – 1302167". historicengland.org.uk. UK: Historic England.

51.0106°N 1.0655°W / 51.0106; -1.0655


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