Sparsholt Roman Villa

Sparsholt Roman Villa was a Roman villa near the village of Sparsholt, Hampshire, England [1]. It was constructed in phases from the 2nd to the 5th century, and then abandoned [1]. It was excavated in 1965–72 [1]. The earliest known house uncovered at Sparsholt was a single-aisled farmhouse probably built in the 2nd century [1]. It may initially have been undivided internally, but by 200 AD it had been replaced by an aisled house with living rooms and a bath suite at one end [1]. In the early 4th century a separate winged-corridor house was constructed at right-angles to the aisled house, and both buildings formed two sides of a rectangular enclosure [1]. Tessellated pavements and mosaics were added to both houses [1]. Trial excavations were conducted in 1890 and 1895 which revealed part of the plan of the villa [1].