Southwick, Hampshire

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County of Hamphire, home of Southwick Village.

Southwick is a village in the English county of Hampshire, situated north of Portsmouth, and is occupied entirely by tenants in the style of the Middle Ages, where the entirety is wholly owned by the Southwick Estate. Oddly, there is one exception to this and that is Church Lodge which is in private ownership.

Southwick was initially the site of Southwick Priory, in the twelfth century. On the dissolution of the monasteries during the Reformation the estate, including the village, was granted to John White. In 1813 a new manor house, Southwick House, was completed. This house was gutted by fire in 1838, but was renovated by 1841. The house and part of the estate was requisitioned by the government during World War II and has been used by various parts of the armed forces ever since.

Southwick is rare in that the village is still entirely owned by the Southwick Estate (except for Church Lodge). The most obvious sign of this is that all the houses, except manor houses, have dark red-painted front doors - a condition laid down in the tenancy agreements. The only exceptions to this are The White House, the residence of the vicar and Church Lodge. Church Lodge is the only privately owned house in the old village and is shown in the fourth picture below.

The Defence Police College is situated at nearby Southwick Park.

It has two pubs, The Red Lion and The Golden Lion. The former is a restaurant of some repute, while the latter has recently undergone extensive renovation to bring it back to its former glory they have uncovered hidden inglenook fireplaces and huge beams it also has the renovated Southwick Brewhouse behind it.

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Coordinates: 50°52′17″N 1°06′36″W / 50.871470°N 1.110040°W / 50.871470; -1.110040

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