Many readers will remember this imposing building that stood in Beech Hurst park, which from 1947 was the main council offices for Andover and later Test Valley. Set in extensive grounds that separate the Weyhill and Salisbury roads, the park is still largely as it was but the house was demolished in 1990 and a much larger modern building erected in its place. First called Hillside, it was built in the early 1850s for Harry Footner who was a solicitor at what is now 16 Bridge Street, today still the solicitors’ offices of Talbot Walker. Footner was born in Andover, the second generation of three who all served as town clerk for the borough between 1813 and 1885. A slightly earlier building called Hillside Cottage stood nearby on the site of the present Hillside Close.