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Origins
Catisfield House building is thought to have been built in the early 18th century (?about 17...).

It was listed in ??? as a Grade II building
Early history: .....
10/7/1897 The property was conveyed by Ecclesciastical Commissioners for England to Miss Rose Elizabeth Greene
12/8/1914 Rose Elizabeth Greene made will
2/3/1917 Rose Elizabeth Greene died. Her will Catisfield House to trustees "for the use and benefit of poor ladies requiring a temporary convalescent home"
8/3/1924 The Official Trustee ( C. F. Ritchie, Secretary of the Board of Charity Commissioners) concurred in the conveyancing, in consideration of £3,500, paid by the purchaser for Catisfield House, 14.493 acres and 2 cottages. (Field 400, house and grounds. And Fields 880, 880a, 881, 398 - green on the map)
and the adjoining field in the occupancy of Mr F(rederick) Bunney 3 acres 1rood 7 perch (fields 879 and 882) - these are the fields to the south of the property, marked red. With right of way over field 399 and up to the rear of the privy of the cottages. ('Little Field' and 'Beech Hill' were eventually to be built in field 879 where it adjoined Catisfield Lane)
8/3/1924 Catisfield House map that accompanied the conveyancing - see opposite
8/3/1924 Purchaser assumed to be G E Maltby
3/6/1930 Gerald Edward Maltby made will
10/11/33 Gerald Edward Maltby died (he was a Director of Barclays Bank).
14/6/1938 Nos. 1 and 2 Catisfield Cottages conveyanced to Nora Kathleen Fielder (these are the two nearest Catisfield House, in the row of 5)
12/7/1938 His widow, Mabel Maltby, and Edward Frank Maltby (of 95A Elgin Avenue, London W9 - assumed to be the son) sold to Alfred Mark Streten (Dairy Farmer, of 20 Doyle Court, North End, Portsmouth the House, grounds and gardens (14 acres), "except 2 cottages recently sold to Mr Bunney". (not clear which cottages). The consideration was £3,250. The big house opposite - Elmshurst - having right of drainage across Catisfield Lane to cesspool.
29/9/1938 Mortgage taken out for £2,500 (at 5% pa)
22/9/43 Alfred Streten made will - appointed Mary Louise Streten and his son Alan Arthur Streten as executors
30/4/1944 Alfred Mark Streten died
8/12/1944 Probate granted. Mortgage still £2,500.
25/8/1947 Mary Louise Streten made will
15/9/1947 1.464 acres on the southern boundary sold to James Frederick Bates (Hants Electrical Engineers, 31 Redlands lane) for £625. (based on the size this was Field 2839, previously known as 879). Mr Streten paid £500 off the mortgage, leaving £2,000.
26/7/1954 Land with frontage onto the 'Catisfield to Bishops Waltham road' sold to Alfred Plumbridge Armstrong, for £900.
6/8/1954 £850 paid off the mortgage.
16/1/1956 Mortgage repaid - £1150
17/1/1956 New mortgage taken out on the property for £2,000 (at £5.10.0 pa).
31/5/1961 Mary Louise Streten died.
20/10/1961 Probate granted - passed to Alan Streten
4/12/1961 2 plots sold to Mr N Metherell (probably for 'Tregeare' and 'Lodge Field' - Mr Metherell lived in the latter)
26/10/1964 Alan Streten conveyed house and outbuildings to Reginald Victor Bates and Beryl Marguerita Bates. Mortgage paid off.
26/10/1964 Alan Streten conveyed adjoining building land to Richard Leslie Alexander Hawkins, of Hook) and Stephen Cooke (accountant of Portland Chambers, Fareham) for £15,500. The land then passed jointly to R L Hawkins Ltd and N Metherell Ltd. This is the Harvester Drive and Harmony site - the lower fields being kept, on the slopes down to the Meon, .
1965 Sep. Catisfield House becomes Meon Cross Boys School
17/3/1967 Deed of partition of the Harvester Drive land into plots 2/3/4; 5/6/7; 8/9; 10/11; 12 (12 is the site on Catisfield Lane, where Harmony was built next to Catisfield House)
8/83 Planning application to convert house into 7 flats and the two outbuildings also to 7 flats. (ref FBC 5530/38 for 14 flats - 9 2-bed, 5 1-bed, /39 for just 7 in the house) (nb there was coverage in the Portsmouth News 19/8 and 24/8)
22/9/83 permission refused for amended proposal for 12 flats (6 2 bed, 6 1-bed)
10/11/83 Permission granted for total 12 flats - 7 + 5
12/83 Amended plans
12/83 Convrsion started
15/6/84 Flats in the house advertised in the News by Austin & Wytt. Prices between £32,250 and 46,000 for 1 or 2 bedroom homes.

Images

OS Map of 1880 - showing the grounds of Catisfield House, running down towards the River Meon. The field numbers changed at a later date. Note 'The Bath' (a pond, and pump?) in the south-west corner.     Zoom in on picture..     Maxi-Zoom in on picture..


1924 map accompanying conveyancing - Mr Bunney's fields are marked red     Zoom in on picture..    

Catisfield Lane - looking towards Catisfield House (the white building to the left)     Zoom in on picture..     Maxi-Zoom in on picture..