[1] It was built between 1749 and 1751 for Admiral Lord Rodney on a gently sloping south facing site between the village churchyard and Alresford Pond, paid for by the riches accrued in a successful naval career fighting the French in the Caribbean.

The house is constructed of brick with Bath stone dressings and slated roofs in 3 storeys and a basement.

Rodney purchased Alresford Pond in 1755 before commissioning Richard Woods to create the 16 ha (40 acres) park in 1764, which is itself now Grade II listed.

During the mid-12th century, Bishop Godfrey de Lucy, built the 350 m (1,150 ft) long Great Weir to create a balancing lake, known as Alresford Pond, for the Itchen Navigation.

[3] Old Alresford House passed down in the Rodney family for three generations until it was sold in 1870 to William Whitear Bulpitt, a banker.