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New Place Hotel, High St, Shirrell Heath, Southampton, SO32 2JY
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History of the hotel

New Place was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is a masterpiece of brickwork of exceptional quality. In 1904, Mrs. A. S Frankyln commissioned Sir Edwin to design a house, firstly to incorporate the magnificent interior of an early 17th Century mansion in Bristol scheduled for demolition which she had inherited and, secondly to perpetuate the name of Shakespeare’s house in Stratford Upon Avon called New Place with which the Franklyn’s were connected though the Arden family branch of Shakespeare’s mother, Mary Arden. New Place was built in 1906 by J. Parnell & Sons of Ruby who were subsequently taken over by Miller Buckley Investments LTD. New Place was ready for occupation in 1908 and Mrs. Franklyn gave it to her son, Captain Henry Arden Franklyn, as a wedding present. Thus the Arden/Shakespeare/ Franklyn saga came full circle and once more a residence called New Place came into existence.
In 1956 Mr & Mrs Franklyn Jnr sold new place for the sum of £12,000 to a Mr Harley. Mr Harley ran New Place as a boys prep school with 7 boys. He remained Headmaster, teaching Latin and Maths for the following 10 years when he sold the school to Mr & Mrs P. A Deane as the flourishing prep school of 70 boys.
The school closed in July 1978 and New Place and its grounds were purchased by the Simple Impact Company and run as a conference centre. In 1979 the first bedroom block was built and in 1980, the second. The centre was also used for weddings and dinner parties. The remainder of the estate was split up and sold off.

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