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Drungewick Manor, Loxwood

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Drungewyk

In the civil parish of Loxwood.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of West Sussex, 1974 county of West Sussex).

The Bishops of Chichester had a manor here, but from the C17-C19 the house was occupied by the Onslow family. The east gable has the date 1559 in it and the house is an irregular-shaped timber-framed building, restored and enlarged in the C19 and since. Most of the moat of the old fortified house survives. Included in licence to crenellate of 1447 given to Bishop of Chichester for several manors.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace
.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1447 Oct 28.


This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 417722)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ06183065

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 393515

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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