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File:Fallbrooke_ballroom.jpg|The ballroom
File:Fallbrooke_ballroom.jpg|The ballroom
File:Fallbrooke House Library 2.jpg|The library
File:Fallbrooke House Library 2.jpg|The library
File:Library large.jpg| Another view of the library
File:Fallbrooke_drawing_room5.jpg|The drawing room
File:Fallbrooke_drawing_room5.jpg|The drawing room
Fallbrooke_Drawing-room4.jpg|The entrance hall
Fallbrooke_Drawing-room4.jpg|The entrance hall
File:Dining_Room3_Large.jpg|The dining room
File:Dining_Room3_Large.jpg|The dining room
File:Autumn days.jpg|View of Fallbrooke on an autumn afternoon
File:Autumn days.jpg|View of Fallbrooke on an autumn afternoon
File:Fallbrooke winter.JPG|View of the house from across the lake in winter
File:Fallbrooke House bridge.JPG|18th century bridge over the river
File:Fallbrooke House bridge.JPG|18th century bridge over the river
File:Fallbrooke Park church.JPG|The church across the south lawn
File:Fallbrooke Park church.JPG|The church across the south lawn
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''Represented by Avington Park (all photos are of Avington Park with the exception of the dining room, which is that from Lansdowne House)''
''Represented by Avington Park (all photos are of Avington Park with the exception of the dining room, which is that from Lansdowne House)''
[[Category:Country Estates]]

Latest revision as of 15:43, 15 January 2017

Set in beautiful parkland (landscaped by Capability Brown) in the county of Hampshire, the country home of the Viscount and Viscountess Saltash, their son Robert and their daughter Emma, Fallbrooke House is located in Hampshire roughly halfway between Winchester and Andover, approximately 10 miles from each.

It was felt that the original Elizabethan house was not grand enough, so Fallbrooke House was totally remodelled and rebuilt by the second Viscount soon after acceding to the title in 1745, although the work took several years to complete. A watercolour view of the original house, painted by the first Viscountess, is on display in the library.

The grounds of the new house were originally landscaped by Capability Brown, with some slight remodelling done later on by Humphrey Repton.


Represented by Avington Park (all photos are of Avington Park with the exception of the dining room, which is that from Lansdowne House)