Avington Park

Avington Park
Avington House
Location within Hampshire
General information
Type	Country house
Location	Itchen Valley near Winchester, Hampshire
Coordinates	51°05′16″N 1°14′28″W / 51.0877°N 1.2410°W / 51.0877; -1.2410
Completed	16th century

Avington House is a 16th-century English country house which stands in Avington Park in the Itchen Valley near Winchester, Hampshire. It is a Grade I listed building.^[1]

Originally a late 16th-century half-H house built by John Clerk it was substantially rebuilt in the 17th century by George William Brydges, who added the service courtyard and banqueting hall. It was then refronted in the late 18th century by James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos. In 1848 Sir John Shelley added a conservatory.

The building is now constructed of brick and blue with slate and lead roofs. The half-H main block is in two storeys with a 13-bay frontage, of which the central 5 bays are recessed.