The House

Lady Peel had engaged Hooydonk Brothers to design Leydene; described as ‘Decorative Artists’, they had created elaborate interior schemes for homes of the ‘moneyed classes’. Their most notable contribution was the double-spiral staircase in the spacious entrance hall.
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Lady Peel had engaged Hooydonk Brothers to design Leydene; described as ‘Decorative Artists’, they had created elaborate interior schemes for homes of the ‘moneyed classes’. Their most notable contribution was the double-spiral staircase in the spacious entrance hall.

These photographs show Leydene House as it was before the war, then during its period as HMS Mercury, a naval signals station, and today. A history of HMS Mercury is attached as a PDF. Another PDF contains notes on the history, drafted in prepareation for the House History panel.

 

Creator
Michael Blakstad
Date of creation
2013
Date of coverage
1930 - 2013
Place
East Meon, Leydene House
Contributor
Michael Blakstad
Copyright
History of Leydene, RJD Technology
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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