Monument record MDO19901 - Highcliffe House, Highcliffe, Christchurch

The position of Highcliffe House and outbuildings, the 18th century precursor to Highcliffe Castle, is marked on an estate map dated 1796. Their position is such that the remains are likely to have destroyed by cliff subsidence, although foundations of some of the outbuildings may survive between modern housing.

The position of Highcliffe House, the 18th century precursor to Highcliffe Castle, is marked on a Malmesbury estate map dated 1796 (1). Their position is such that the remains are likely to have destroyed by cliff subsidence, although foundations of some of the outbuildings, which were retained as outbuildings for the 19th century Highcliffe Castle may survive amongst the houses 'Cliff Cottage', 'Dalkeith' and 'Cliff House'.

'the third Earl of Bute... had built a house here from the design of the brothers Adam, which was rendered uninhabitable and ultimately destroyed by the fall of the cliff; the lodge gates are those of the first house…' (2)

<1> 1796, A map of the tythings of Pokesdown, Iford, Tuckton and Week, Christchurch Borough, Bure and Street in the County of Southampton 1796 (Map). SDO10465.

<2> Page, W (Ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the County of Dorset 3, 83-101 (Monograph). SWX3.

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Jun 27 2023 2:38PM