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| Name: | The Ruins of Cowdray House |
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| HER Ref: | MWS8353 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Designations
- Listed Building (I) 1277176: THE RUINS OF COWDRAY HOUSE
- Scheduled Monument 29300: COWDRAY: A FORTIFIED MEDIEVAL HOUSE AND PART OF ITS LANDSCAPED GROUNDS
Summary
Cowdray House forms the principal focus for the surrounding designed landscape, survives as a ruin following its almost complete destruction by fire in 1793.
Monument Types
- (Former Type) HOUSE (Built, Medieval - 1492 AD? to 1533 AD)
Sources
| <1> | List: Department for the Environment (now DCMS). c1946 onward. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest for Chichester: Former Midhurst Rural District. Greenbacks. |
| <2> | List: English Heritage. 2000. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. |
Associated Events - none recorded
Associated Monuments
- MWS3365 - Related to: Cowdray House Ruins (Monument)
- MWS5850 - Related to: Cowdray Park and Garden (Landscape)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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