Introduction
This site has an 18th-century park and gardens with evidence of an older site.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Website
http://www.tortingtonmanor.co.uk
- History
Roger Gratwick built a Tudor house on this site. In 1690 it passed to Oliver Weekes Esq, nephew of Frances Gratwick. The house subsequently passed to the Leeves family and it was modernised and enlarged by W Leeves before 1835.
Mr Leeves purchased the neighbouring site of the Priory of Black Canons, founded before 1180 and dissolved in 1535. The Chapel and dormitory have disappeared but in 1835 the refectory had been converted into a barn. The very small Church still nearby is ancient and is probably of the same date.
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Parkland
- Gardens
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Arundel
- References
References
- Nairn, Ian and Pevsner, Nikolaus {The Buildings of England: Sussex} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965) The Buildings of England: Sussex
- Horsfield, Thomas Walker {The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex. [With plates and maps.] Volume 2} (Lewes: Sussex Press, 1835) 199 The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex. [With plates and maps.] Volume 2