{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Conholt |static_image_name= Conholt Bottom - geograph.org.uk - 693740.jpg |static_image_caption= Conholt Bottom |coordinates = {{coord|51.293|-1.536|type:city(500)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} |population = |population_ref = |region= South West England |unitary_england = Wiltshire |lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire |dial_code= |postcode_district = SP11 9 |postcode_area= SP |post_town= ANDOVER |constituency_westminster= |os_grid_reference= SU325550 }} '''Conholt''' was a small village in east Wiltshire, England, close to the Hampshire border and about {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} northwest of Andover. It is now the site of the '''Conholt Park''' estate.
There may have been a village here in the 13th century, but by the 16th there were only farmsteads. In the late 17th century a deer park was created. Since the 19th century the land has been part of Chute civil parish.<ref name="vch2">{{Cite book |author-last1=Baggs |author-first1=A. P. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol16/pp108-120 |title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 16 |author-last2=Freeman |author-first2=J. |author-last3=Smith |author-first3=C. |author-last4=Stevenson |author-first4=J. H. |author-last5=Williamson |author-first5=E. |date=1999 |publisher=University of London |editor-last=Crowley |editor-first=D. A. |series=Victoria County History |pages=108–120 |chapter=Chute |access-date=28 September 2022 |via=British History Online}}</ref>
The country house known as Conholt Park was built in the late 17th century and extended in the 18th and early 19th. The house is Grade II* listed and its 18th-century stable block and carriage house are Grade II listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1035931|desc=Conholt Park|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1194589|desc=Stable and carriage house at Conholt|access-date=13 April 2016|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> In 1992 the estate was acquired by a company belonging to the family of Paul van Vlissingen, an Anglo-Dutch businessman and philanthropist;<ref name="vch2" /> it was his home from 1994 until his death in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary: Paul Van Vlissingen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-van-vlissingen-413408.html|website=The Independent|accessdate=13 April 2016|date=25 August 2006}}</ref> American billionaire Steve Schwarzman purchased the house, with 2,500 acres, in 2022 for an amount reported to be in excess of £80{{Nbsp}}million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Sascha |date=2022-09-27 |title=Blackstone founder Steve Schwarzman picks up Wiltshire country pad for cool £80m |url=https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-blackstone-founder-steve-schwarzman-picks-up-wiltshire-country-pad-for-cool-80m/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire Category:Grade II listed buildings in Wiltshire