Glynde Place Explained

Type:Country house
Coordinates:50.8653°N 0.0681°W
Gbgridref:TQ 45650 09356
Location:Glynde
Area:East Sussex
Built:1569
Architecture:Elizabethan
Owner:Viscount Hampden
Designation1:Grade I
Designation1 Offname:Glynde Place
Designation1 Date:17 March 1952
Designation1 Number:1221546

Glynde Place is an Elizabethan Manor House at Glynde in East Sussex, England. Situated in the South Downs National Park, it is the family home of the Viscounts Hampden, whose forebears built the house in 1569. It is a Grade I listed building.[1] The adjacent church was built in the eighteenth century.

In 1883 the Brand family estate consisted of 8846acres in Sussex (inherited through the families of Morley and Trevor, and valued at £8,121 a year), 6,658 in Hertfordshire, 3,600 in Essex, 2,081 in county Cambridge, and 978 in Suffolk. (Total 22163acres worth £24,753 a year).[2]

From 2008 - 2013, the house was subject to a major renovation, organised by the 7th Viscount Hampden, and funded by the sale of one of the estate's paintings.[3]

The house and gardens, the latter being Grade II* listed,[4] are open to the public for tours.

Events

From 2010 to 2013, the Meadowlands Festival was held in the grounds. Since 2013, it is the site of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which takes place every summer.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glynde Place. Historic England. 1 April 2018.
  2. Book: Cokayne. George Edward. The Complete Peerage Vol 6. 1926. St Catherine Press. London. 289. 2nd.
  3. News: New lease of life for historic Glynde Place. Brighton Argus.
  4. Web site: Glynde Place. Historic England. 1 April 2018.