The House

Main house in 1950s, with naval parade taking place in front of it. The first semi-permanent buildings to be constructed commenced in April 1944 and were the classrooms of North Camp.. The Navy requisitioned the property in 1945 and bought Leydene House in 1949.
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Main house in 1950s, with naval parade taking place in front of it. The first semi-permanent buildings to be constructed commenced in April 1944 and were the classrooms of North Camp.. The Navy requisitioned the property in 1945 and bought Leydene House in 1949.

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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