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Name:Parham House, Parham
HER Ref:MWS6378
Type of record:Listed Building

Designations

  • Listed Building (I) 1027355: PARHAM PARK

Summary

This is one of the finest houses in Sussex. There was a fortified house here in the Middle Ages, and some parts of this are incorporated in the east wing of the present building. But the main bulk of the house was built by Sir Thomas Palmer from 1577 onwards.


Grid Reference:TQ 0604 1424
Parish:Parham, Horsham, West Sussex
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Built, Post Medieval - 1577 AD to 1577 AD)
  • TOWER (Built, Post Medieval - 1577 AD? to 1577 AD?)

Sources

<1>List: 1950. MHLG Chanctonbury. 43.
<2>Bibliographic reference: 1935. Archaeol Journ. 92:409.
<3>Bibliographic reference: 1962. Historic Houses Castles and Gardens. 46.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Palmer S. 1980.
<5>Map: OS. 1961. 6ins.
<6>Unpublished document: Southern Archaeology. 1997. Parham House Storm Drainage Project, watching brief, interim report.
<7>Unpublished document: Southern Archaeology. 1997. Parham House Storm Drainage Project, watching brief.
<8>Bibliographic reference: V. Tritton and D. Coombs. 1992. Parham - Pulborough, West Sussex - Guide. Copy in WSCC Source Material.
<9>Bibliographic reference: Martin R. 1994. Ice Houses in Sussex. Sussex Indust. Hist. No 24. p 20.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Ham, J. 1982. Storrington in living memory. (published by Phillimore, Chichester) (copy in WSCC source files).
<11>List: English Heritage. 2000. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
<12>List: Department for the Environment (now DCMS). c1946 onward. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest for Horsham South. Greenbacks.
<13>Grey Literature Report: Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton. 2006. The Parham House Geophysical Survey Report.
<14>Grey Literature Report: Tree-Ring Services. 2007. Dendrochronological Analysis of Oak Timbers from Parham House, Storrington, near Pulborough, West Sussex, England..

Associated Events

  • The Parham House Geophysical Report
  • Dendrochronological Analysis of Oak Timbers from Parham House, Storrington, West Sussex

Associated Monuments

  • MWS6379 - Related to: Parham Park (Landscape)
  • MWS8404 - Related to: The Orangery at Parham Park (Listed Building)
  • MWS8405 - Related to: The Stables and Laundry Wing at Parham Park (Listed Building)
  • MWS6380 - Related to: Watching Brief - Parham House (Monument)

Associated Finds - none recorded

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