Tower, Old Buckhurst
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Tower, Old Buckhurst
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 5 Jun 2021
The original manor house stood to the west of the tower and was first mentioned in 1274. By the 16th century it had been rebuilt by the Sackville family who would later become the Earls of De La Warr and still reside in the newer Buckhurst Park to the east. As the family got richer and advanced through Elizabethan society it abandoned the house and moved to Knole Park in Kent. The building was largely demolished just after 1600 with the bricks reused to build Sackville College in East Grinstead. The tower, originally a gatehouse, and part of the southern wing are all that remains.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.095399
Longitude
0.126884