Langton(s) House, Alresford

[LizK]

Hi

My uncle has just got his full birth certificate and its says he was born in Langtons House, Alresford, Hampshire.  I can't find much about this house, or why my uncle was born somewhere like this in 1942.  Did it act as temporary housing or a hospital?  My family were mostly living in Stockbridge, Hampshire at this point after moving out of Southampton when they were bombed out.

Any information on this house would be wonderful!

Thanks!
Liz

[Tom Piper]

Langton House, Alresford was the home of Lord & Lady Upton. In 1940, for instance, Captain John Everard Upton, royal artillery was kiilled, the announcement was in the Times. At the time, Sir Everard Upton was dead, but his wife Lady Upton was alive.

By 1946, Lt Colonel Sir William and Lady Makins had to moved Langton House, phone number Alresford 169.

Looks like Lord & Lady Upton purchased it in 1938, from  a house sale notice in The Times.

Tom

[LizK]

Thanks for your background info, Tom.  I've just found out from my Uncle who has been digging too, that the house was taken over by Hampshire county Council as a maternity home in 1942, hence the reason he would have been born in such a large house! 

Thanks!

[billdoe]

My wife was born at langton house in 1943 her mother was evacuated from Portsmouth

[Birket]

Langtons House was a maternity hospital during the war.  I have been told that the previous owners suffered a family tragedy.  The current owner has looked after and added to the house with good taste, but it is not open to the public.