Hampshire Treasures

Volume 8 ( Test Valley North)

Description and Date	Remarks	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Inn C.18	Lamb Inn, Winchester Street. 2 storeys. Colourwashed brick structure. Half-hipped old tile roof with central stack. Core of building circa 1600.	SU 365 452 0304 03
Group E - Street Patterns, Street Furniture and Open Spaces

Lamp Standard	High Street. Jubilee Lamp dated 1887 commemorating the Golden Jubilee. Cast iron structure with square pedestal supporting a slender fluted column, entwined by a dolphin. Complex of classical mouldings and cross-bar at the top. Modern Victorian-style light.	SU 364 455 0303 94
Open Space	Common Acre. Narrow strip of land bounded by trees; visual and environmental value.	SU 368 457 0303 62
Village Green	Enham. Attractive green dating from C.16 with cottages and trees.	SU 367 490 0301 29
Group F - Historical or Literary Associations
Battle Site	Mead Hedges. Old Salisbury-London Road. Site of Civil War 'skirmish', 1644, between Waller and a Royalist Vanguard.	SU 354 447 0302 14
Almshouses	Acre Almshouses. First mentioned in the Charity Chamberlain's accounts for 1647. In a report of the Charity Commissioners 1825, the houses are described as 'four tenements built by the Corporation of Andover for poor widows'. The present Almshouses are of modern appearance, a tablet is inscribed 'Rebuilt 1869'. O.S.A. No. SU34 NE6. Ref: 1. Notes on the History fo St. John's House, 1921, (Bennett), p.12. Ref: 2. Extracts from the 14th Report of the Charity Commissioners, 1825, (1836), p.21.	SU 366 456 0303 77

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