Old House

..."Old House... as a name is on a par with "New Forest",... for the latter... has not become old, and the former never appears to have been new.' Maps nevertheless show it as having been considerably enlarged between 1871 and 1897, by the eccentric politician and author, the Hon. Auberon Herbert (1838-1906), who purchased it in 1881. This was where Herbert hosted his 'Old House Teas', as the invitations said, 'while the pot lasts'. The house was inherited by his younger son, Auberon Thomas Herbert (1876-1916). His sister Nan (1880-1958) inherited it in turn and was still living there 1920-23.