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Lysses House Hotel
51 High Street
Fareham
PO16 7BQ
+44 (0) 1329 822622
lysses@lysses.co.uk

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Christmas at Lysses

Christmas 2021

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The History of Lysses House Hotel

Lysses House (originally pronounced ‘Lizziz’) was built in the early 1800s by Stephen Barney. He was an attorney practising in the area and chose this spot because of the good view over the surrounding countryside. He had to pull down the ‘White Horse’ pub which stood on the site and in order to keep the drinkers of Fareham happy, he built the Golden Lion on the other side of the High Street.

Stephen Barney’s claim to fame was as Recorder of the Mutiny on the Bounty trial at Portsmouth in the late 1700s. His transcript of the trial was sold at auction in London in the 1980s for several thousand pounds.

Mrs Connie Barney, who died in 1992 just two weeks before her 100th birthday, was the widow of John Barney – the last direct descendant of Stephen. She lived next door at No. 50 until 1990. She graciously allowed us to hang a portrait of Stephen Barney in the entrance hall to welcome all visitors to Lysses.

The Barney family owned Lysses until 1946 when it was sold at auction for approximately £3000 to a schoolmaster, Mr Godefroy, who transformed the building into a boys’ private day school. The school ran very successfully for about 10 years, in conjunction with Heathfield House (now the Oast & Squire on the corner of the Avenue and Peak Lane). After this time, Mr Godefroy moved the school to Rhinefield in the New Forest. Several Lysses old boys and staff who are still in the area have made contact with us and visited Lysses House. Some old school photographs are on display in reception.

The building was given Grade II listed status in October 1955, with the following listing entry:

Early C19. Faced with painted Roman cement. Cornice and parapet. 2 storeys. 4 windows, sashes with glazing bars, these on ground floor have cornices above. Porch with coupled Doric pilasters and Ionic columns on each side. Doorway has rectangular fanlight. North and south extensions of 1 1/2 storeys each. Northern extension of 2 bays with door and 2 dormers. Southern extension of 3 bays with carriage entrance to rear.

After Mr Godefroy left, developers adapted and enlarged Lysses which was then leased as offices for about 20 years. The final tenants were Vosper Thornycroft.

When Prosig Limited purchased Lysses in 1986, much work was done to restore the original Georgian ‘feel’ of the main building. Their aim was to create a unique business facility for Fareham where training courses and business meetings could be held exclusively in relaxed and comfortable surroundings, without suffering the day to day comings and goings of a larger hotel. The Richmond Restaurant offers superb cuisine and facilities for all types of occasions and functions – from a relaxing light meal from our Lounge Menu to a full Wedding Breakfast. The hotel itself has a 3-star recognition from the AA and boasts 21 en-suite bedrooms and a selection of conference rooms to cater for up to 100 delegates.

Lysses House Hotel was run successfully as a sub division of Prosig Ltd for many years. However, as from May 2001, due to the ongoing success of both businesses, Lysses House became a separate limited company, under the ownership of Dr Colin Mercer and Mrs Valerie Mercer, who continue to be involved and offer their ongoing support and advice.

Gift vouchers

Gift vouchers are the perfect gift for the people you love who have everything. Our gift vouchers can be used to purchase any of our goods and services throughout the hotel.

Our gift vouchers are available in denominations of £5, £10 and £20 although if you require a personalised voucher for a special occasion please contact our reception team. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the hotel in person. You can order and pay for your vouchers over the phone. We can either send them to you or directly to the recipient with a personalised message.

Our gift vouchers can be used to purchase any of our goods and services throughout the hotel as follows:.

Overnight stay or weekend away
Champagne breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Celebratory bottle of wine
Light snacks in our lounge and bar area
Afternoon tea

Reservations are essential.

Terms

Gift vouchers are valid for one year from date of purchase unless otherwise stated.
Vouchers must be handed in to a member of staff.
Photocopies are not accepted.
Vouchers are non refundable and non redeemable for cash.
Vouchers cannot be used as a deposit or as settlement of a credit account.
Lysses House are under no liability for unredeemed vouchers that are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, whether they have been redeemed or not.

COVID-19 UPDATE

If you have received our gift vouchers as a present or bought them for someone else, you will still be able to use these when we open our doors again.
Any vouchers with an expiry date in 2020 or early 2021 will automatically have an extra year added to them. You do not need to do anything, just hand the vouchers to our staff as you would normally.

Christmas at Lysses

Christmas 2021

Our 2021 Christmas brochure is not available yet but we are hoping to be able to offer our Christmas party nights again this year.

Take a look at our 2020 Christmas brochure, though please bear in mind that it was a slightly different festive period to the norm!

If you would like to enquire with regards to making a booking please send us your details here.

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