Who owns Hursley House?
IBM
Today Hursley Park is owned by IBM. Following the completion of the dig, members of the team hosted some of the volunteers and IBM staff together with their families on a tour of the dig. In just two weeks WARG have opened a remarkable window into an almost forgotten part of Hursley Park’s remarkable history.
What does IBM Hursley do?
IBM Hursley brings colour and speech to computing. Since 100BC, the site of IBM’s Hursley development lab has been variously an Iron Age hill fort, a castle, a hunting lodge, a hospital, aircraft workshops and is now the largest software development laboratory in Europe.
How many locations does IBM have?
IBM is headquartered in Armonk, NY and has 131 office locations across 97 countries.
Will IBM fire employees?
Arvind Krishna-led tech giant IBM has joined the league of companies who have started firing employees in tough Covid-19 times. The company confirmed the layoffs in a statement given to the media late Friday. The company will cut some salaries through October 31, with executives taking pay cuts of 20 to 25 per cent.
Where is Hursley Park?
On edge of the beautiful Hampshire Downs, sitting between Winchester, Southampton and Romsey, one could be forgiven for being beguiled by the picturesque parkland and majestic Hursley Park House into thinking that this sleepy corner of rural Hampshire has few stories to tell. Nothing could be further from the truth!
What is the history of the Hursley House?
Hursley House is an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in Hursley, near Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. The building is Grade II* listed.
What is the IBM Hursley club?
The IBM Hursley Club caters for a wide range of sporting and social activities and membership is open to anyone at IBM Hursley. The IBM Hursley Club caters for a wide range of sporting and social activities and membership is open to anyone at IBM Hursley.
What has happened to the park around the historic Parkhouse?
As a reminder of its historic origins the park pale still remains and, being a Scheduled Monument, is protected. The house too remains. Inevitably, the park around it has acquired new functions. Office buildings have proliferated where once stood the walled garden and pleasure grounds. Around them lie car parks and newly created access roads.