Earlier Houses: The current house is built on the site of the kitchen garden an earlier, probably Medieval, house.
House & Family History: During World War II Exbury was requisitioned by the Admiralty and used as a headquarters for the administration of the feeding, arming, and training of the landing craft crews that were used on D-Day in 1944. The house is noted for its two-story music room.
Garden & Outbuildings: The internationally acclaimed soprano Charlotte de Rothschild grew up at Exbury among the internationally famous 200-acre gardens created by her grandfather, Lionel de Rothschild. Charlotte's father, Edmund de Rothschild, named two hybrid rhododendrons Charlotte de Rothschild in honor of his daughter.
Title: Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity, 2000 (The Yellow Book)
Author: The National Gardens Scheme
Year Published: 2000
Publisher: Surrey: National Gardens Scheme
ISBN: 0900558326
Book Type: Softback
Title: Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David
Year Published: 1967
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Grade II*
Current Seat / Home of: Rothschild family; here since 1919.
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Berkeley family, 15th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Compton family, until 1718. William Mitford, 18th century; Henry Reveley Mitford, 19th century; Mitford family here from 1718 until the 1880s. Major John Forster, Lord Forster, 1880s-1919. Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 1919-42; Edmund de Rothschild, until 2009.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Grounds Only
Phone: 02380-891-203
Fax: 02380-899-940
Website: https://www.exbury.co.uk/
Awards: HHA/Christie's Garden of the Year Award 2001.
Historic Houses Member: No