West Sussex Historic Buildings

A working watermill dating to 1684. The mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century and worked into the 1920s. It was restored in 1974 by the Crawley Borough Council and is now operated by the Crawley Museum Society. The mill houses historical displays about the mill and the Crawley area.
Hyde Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, England, RH11 0JH

Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: Off the A23 towards Gossops Green. Entry by donation.
Website: Ifield Mill
Phone: 01293 539088
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OS Grid TQ245365
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Early 15th century half-timbered hall house on the edge of Ashdown Forest. The interior houses a museum of local life, with a traditional cottageg arden surrounding the house
North Lane, West Hoathly, West Sussex, England, RH19 4PP

Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: off B2028
Website: Priest House
Email: priest@sussexpast.co.uk
Phone: 01342 810 479
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OS Grid TQ362325
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A Jacobean almshouse in the heart of East Grinstead. The almshouse was created in 1609 when Robert Sackville, Earl of Dorset, left money in his will to provide accommodation for elderly people. The tour takes in the great hall, the dining hall, with its hammerbeam roof, Common Room, Earl of Dorset's lodgings, and more, including the Warden's Room. A former warden of the college, Reverend John Mason Neale, composed the hymn Good King Wenceslas.
High Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, RH19 3BX

Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: off A22, in town centre
Website: Sackville College
Email: sackvillecollege@talktalkbusiness.net
Phone: 01342 323 414
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OS Grid TQ397380
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The largest mill in Sussex, Shipley windmill is an eight-sided smock mill built in 1879. Smock mills are so named because their shape was supposed to resemble a farm labourer's smock. The mill is four stories high, and stands atop a brick base that is two stories in height.
Shipley, West Sussex, England

Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: 8 miles SW of Horsham off the A272
Website: Shipley Windmill
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OS Grid TQ155250
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The finest example of a half-timbered building in Sussex, St Mary's House was built by William Wayneflete, Bishop of Winchester, about 1470. Wayneflete's house was intended as a residence for four monks who served as bridge wardens for an important crossing of the River Adur at Bramber.
West Sussex, England, BN44 3WE

Attraction Type: Historic Property
Location: On the A283, 13 miles south of Horsham
Website: St Mary's House
Email: info@stmarysbramber.co.uk
Phone: 01903 816205
Fax: 01903 816205
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OS Grid TQ188106
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