Northcourt Manor

It was begun by Sir John Leigh, Deputy Governor of the Island, in 1615, but was unfinished at his death.

]From The History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Isle of Wight (1856):[2] This manor, with the other lands of the king's, went to Baldwin de Redvers, when he obtained the Lordship of the Island; and remained in that family until Amicia, Countess of Devon, bestowed it (temp.

confirmed the grant; and it is stated in the Record of the Liberties claimed by, and allowed to her, that the Abbess held of her one fee in capite, whence •he possessed in demesne the manor of Shorwell.

the Abbey was charged to supply three men-at-arms, and two bowmen towards the defence of the Island.—On the Dissolution of the Religious Houses, the manor reverted to the Crown.

It was in the possession of Thomas Temes, Esq., in the 2nd year of Elizabeth; and towards the close of her reign, was purchased by Richard Bull, Esq.

Extensive repairs and additions were made at a later period by Barnaby Eveleigh Leigh.

His son Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Baronet occupied it in 1856.

She married and lived here with her husband, General Colonel Robert William Disney Leith CB, until he died in 1892.

Modelled after larger houses on the mainland, it is of Jacobean style, and lies back from the road.

Sash windows were added in the 18th century, at which time a general internal remodelling on classic lines occurred.

An extension was made to the north front in 1906 with the addition of a billiard room and offices.

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