Conholt

Conholt
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Conholt  Conholt shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	SU325550
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ANDOVER
Postcode district	SP11 9
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°17′35″N 1°32′10″W / 51.293°N 1.536°W

Conholt was a small village in west Wiltshire, England, close to the Hampshire border and about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Andover. It is now the site of the Conholt Park estate.

There may have been a village here in the 13th century, but by the 16th there were only farmsteads. In the late 17th century a deer park was created.^[1]

The country house known as Conholt Park was built in the late 17th century and extended in the 18th and early 19th. The house is Grade II* listed and its 18th-century stable block and carriage house are Grade II listed.^[2][3] Since 1992 the estate has been owned by a company belonging to the family of Paul van Vlissingen, an Anglo-Dutch businessman and philanthropist;^[1] it was his home from 1994 until his death in 2006.^[4]

Since the 19th century the land has been part of Chute civil parish.

References

1. Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16 pp108-120 - Chute". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Historic England. "Conholt Park (1035931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
3. Historic England. "Stable and carriage house at Conholt (1194589)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. "Obituary: Paul Van Vlissingen". The Independent. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2016.