Steephill Manor
Steephill Manor is a British manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated within the Newchurch parish.
The manor was a holding of the Lisle family towards the end of the 13th century, until it was sold by the Hills to , who erected Steephill Castle in 1835, which has since been demolished. The house occupies the site of a cottage where Hans Stanley lived during his governorship of the island. As of 1912 it belonged to a Mr. John Morgan Richards.[1]
References[]
This article includes text incorporated from William Page's "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912)", a publication now in the public domain
- ^ "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
Categories:
- Country houses on the Isle of Wight
- Manor houses in England