More information : (TQ 211 190) Moat, Gatehouse, Ewhurst Manor. (1)
Site of a manor house, for which there is documentary evidence 1267, and of which the moat remains with a stone gate-house, perhaps c 1300. The house now occupying the site is L-shaped, brick and timber-framed, and of 16th cent. date.
An ancient chimney in the SE corner may be of this house or surviving from the earlier house. (2-5)
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (6)
A horseshoe-shaped homestead moat, in overall diameter 110.0m N-S by 90.0m E-W, the moat being up to 16.0m in width. There is an outer retaining bank around the E side. The ditch, at the present time drained, will, according to the owner, be refilled in about 2 years time, from the large pond immediately to the N.
At the N end of the moat is a causewayed entrance (probably replacing an earlier bridge) with a restored Md gatehouse on the inner lip.
"Ewhurst Manor", within the moat, is a large private residence, maintained in good condition, but not outstanding. Principally of 16th c. date, with an earlier stone chimney, and extensive late additions.
Moat survey of 9 4 59 still correct. (7)
The Gateway and Porters Lodge to the north-west of Ewhurst Manor.
Early 14th Century. Built on stone and consists of a carriage arch flanked by buttresses with a room over surmonted by gable containing a cross-shaped loop window. Behind the gateway is the Porter's Lodge which forms a T-shaped building with it of lower elevation. Gateway and Lodge are Graded 1. Ewhurst Manor Graded 2. (8)
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