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Halnaker House, Boxgrove
In the civil parish of Boxgrove.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of West Sussex, 1974 county of West Sussex).
Fortified medieval manor house. The main buildings, which survive mainly as ruins incorporated into a modern garden, range around a quadrangular walled courtyard, constructed during C13-C14, with later alterations and additions. Traces of an earlier C12 house built by Roger de Haye are likely to survive as below-ground archaeological features. The courtyard was entered by means of C14 gatehouse of which two storeys survive. There are also the remains of domestic apartments and C13 chapel. The buildings are constructed of flint rubble and clunch with sandstone ashlar dressings, with some later brickwork added during subsequent alterations and repairs. Obtained by Henry VIII in 1539.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 300701)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU90830886
PastScape number;
249018
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p341-3
Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p50
Guy, John, 1984, Castles in Sussex (Phillimore) p136
Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) p125-6
Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1953, VCH Sussex Vol4 p142
Garner, T. and Stratton, A., 1911, The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period Vol1 p86-7
Elwes, Dudley George Cary, 1876, A history of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex (London: Longmans) p41-3
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p318-9
Journal Articles
- Gravett, K., 1985, Archaeological Journal Vol142 p64-5
Andre, J. Lewis, 1900, ' Halnaker House' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol43 p201-213
Godfrey, Walter H., 1941, 'The La Warr Family and Halnaker House' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol82 p59-64
Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Steer, F.W., 1958, A Short History and Description of Halnaker House (privately printed)
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