Exbury House
Exbury House is an English country house in Exbury and Lepe, Hampshire, situated on the edge of the New Forest.
| Exbury House, Hampshire | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Country House |
| Location | Exbury and Lepe, Hampshire, England |
| Coordinates | 50.798505°N 1.400004°W |
| Designations | Grade II* listed |
It is a Grade II* listed building with associated Grade II* listed parkland and gardens.
The house consists of an 18th-century core which was redesigned and refaced in 1927. Constructed of brick and ashlar with a slate roof, it has a rectangular floor plan (with one corner sliced off), three storeys and a parapet around the roof. The long side garden frontage has nine bays and a colonnaded entrance. The main entrance front on the sliced-off corner has five bays.
The gardens (see Exbury Gardens) were laid out by Lionel de Rothschild between 1919 and 1939 and contain specialist collections of rhododendrons and other species. Whilst the gardens are open to the public, the house is not.