| Ore Place | |
| Location: | Hastings, East Sussex |
| Built: | late 16c/early 17c |
| Designation1: | Scheduled monument |
| Designation1 Offname: | Manor house (remains of), Ore Place |
| Designation1 Date: | 4 December 2014 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1002271 |
Ore Place are the ruins of a significant late medieval manor house in the northern outskirts of Hastings, East Sussex, England.[1] The remaining parts of the building consist of walls up to 3m high and 0.7m thick and below ground archaeological remains. It is a Scheduled monument.[2]
Historian Thomas Walker Horsfield claimed in his History of Sussex that Ore Place was built by John of Gaunt.[3] [4] Based on a 1991 partial excavation, the building is thought to date from the late 16c or early 17c.
Horsfield also states the building had been used as a religious home, the home of Sir Richard Steele, and subsequently the residence of the Crispe family.
The house was rebuilt in 1874[5] and became the home of the Dowager Lady Elphinstone. Ore Place subsequently came under the ownership of the eccentric Farmer Atkinson who allowed it to fall into disrepair.[6]
French Jesuits extended and converted the building to become a theologate, which opened in 1906. Amongst the students there was Pierre Teilhard de Chardin from 1908-1912. The learning centre had 20,000 books and could accommodate 100 students[7] and continued to be used until 1926.
During World War II the building was requisitioned for the Royal Army Service Corps for use as a records office.[8] Military use continued after the war, with the Army Catering Corps records department joining the RASC in April 1947.[9]
The Victorian house was demolished in 1987.