Woolmer Hunting Lodge

In the civil parish of Bramshott and Liphook/ Binsted.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

A hunting lodge was built for Edward I in Woolmer Forest in 1284-85. This included a stone built hall with an undercroft accompanied by timber framed kitchen and subsidiary buildings. The hall's dimension is given as 72ft long and 22ft wide. Its site may be marked by Woolmer Lodge which has Elizabethan or Jacobean stables. This site is close to Great Lodge (now Alice Holt Lodge) at SU84253408 or an alternative possible site for the lodge is a massive earthwork platform in Binsted at SU7942; The platform is up to 3m in height with emplacements for buildings around the edge. The site is badly damaged by 2 large drains. A third alternative site is Linchborough Lodge SU815333

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Uncertain remains.

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 247110

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 23054, 17090

Web site links
- http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v06p066e06.html
Books
- James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p170
  Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p1017-8

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