WEEKE GORE/CRESTWEEKE (NO. 69)
Architect Henry L G Hill, 11 Southgate St., Winchester.
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On the building control plans, the owner is listed as Major Alexander of Bolton Lodge, Christchurch Road, Winchester. The plans were approved April 1911. The plans included a drawing room, study, dining room, hall, pantry/kitchen, servants hall, scullery, main bedroom and dressing room plus seven further bedrooms and a bathroom. Also a wine cellar and a Motor House. (Building Control Plans HRO reference W/C11/2/2928).
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Originally known as Weeke Gore, the name was changed in 1921 to Crestweeke.
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Weeke Gore, along with Rastgarth, unlike the other houses on Chilbolton Ave, are outside the boundary of Winchester City. They are in Weeke Without parish, part of WRDC.
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A 'gore' – is a triangular strip of land.
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Residents:
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Major Claud Henry Alexander (1912-1916)
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
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House Master, Charterhouse School
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Lady Elizabeth Constance Sharp Bethune (1921-1931)
Widow of Sir Alexander Sharp Bethune, tea planter in Ceylon.
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Widow of Henry Fownes Wingrove
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Weeke Gore/Crestweeke changed its name to Dragons in the 1960's.