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| Name: | Cowdray House Ruins |
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| HER Ref: | MWS3365 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 29300: COWDRAY: A FORTIFIED MEDIEVAL HOUSE AND PART OF ITS LANDSCAPED GROUNDS
- Listed Building (I) 1277176: THE RUINS OF COWDRAY HOUSE
Summary
Cowdray, a large courtyard house of C16 with C17 and C18 alterations, probably replaced a C13 house on the same site. It was reduced to ruins by a fire in 1793
Monument Types
- FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE (Built, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1450 AD to 1549 AD (between))
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: 1953. VCH (Sussex). 49-50. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: OS. 1970. SU82SE7. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Breight, C C. 1989. Caressing the great: Viscount Montague's entertainment of Elizabeth at Cowdray, 1591. Sussex Arch Colls, 127: 147-166. |
| <4> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1999. Schedule of Monuments. |
| <5> | Scheduling record: English heritage. Oct 1999. Cowdray: a fortified medieval house and part of its landscaped grounds, Ref: MPP23/AA50569/1. Amendment. |
Associated Events - none recorded
Associated Monuments
- MWS5850 - Related to: Cowdray Park and Garden (Landscape)
- MWS8354 - Related to: Eighteenth Century Cottage Range (Listed Building)
- MWS8351 - Related to: Former Stables of Cowdray House (Listed Building)
- MWS8350 - Related to: Granary adjoining the Ruins of Cowdray House (Listed Building)
- MWS3512 - Related to: Motte and Bailey Castle on St. Ann's Hill (Monument)
- MWS8352 - Related to: The Round Tower or Water Tower of Cowdray House (Listed Building)
- MWS8353 - Related to: The Ruins of Cowdray House (Listed Building)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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