Keydell House
Keydell House was situated in 45 acres (180,000 m2) of land near Lovedean Corner, in the village of Horndean, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Catherington Hampshire from Georgian times until its demolition to make way for houses in 1968.
01History
The earliest deed still in existence (for the field "Nine Acres") is dated 1660. The House itself was a three-storey, rectangular mansion with shuttered windows and formal gardens. These eventually became Keydell Nurseries, although the business which still trades under that name moved to a bigger site in 1987. The House had two notable owners: the Victorian actor Edmund Kean; and, most famously, Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe, a full general of the British Army.
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