Historic houses · South East England
Hammerwood Park
In or near Forest Row.
Hammerwood Park — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cowden · 4.4 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Hammerwood Park, the nearest railway station is Cowden, located 4.4 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is RH19 3QE. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Hammerwood Park is a Grade I-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: High Weald
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hammerwood Park is a country house in Hammerwood, near East Grinstead, in East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building. One of the first houses in England to be built in the Greek Revival architectural style, it was built in 1792 as the first independent work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a 'demonstration of primeval force', the house was owned by Led Zeppelin from 1973 until 1982. It served as the location for Beyoncé’s September 2018 Vogue cover shoot.
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Background
Description
The land previously comprised part of a previous estate known as The Bower, probably named after a family called Atte Boure, who are listed as paying tax to Edward I in the 1290s, a substantial landholding which included parts of the parishes of East Grinstead and Hartfield. Sometime during the 1500s the owners, the Botting family, founded an iron forge to the east of the ponds in the valley to the south of the current house (coordinates: ). The forge may have been in existence in 1558, when Hugh Botting left "two tons of yron" in his will; it was working in 1653 but ruined by 1664. The dam has been recorded as 200 m long. In 1693, a part of the woodland adjoining the Ashdown Forest was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.1310, 0.0600
- County
- East Sussex
- District
- Wealden
- Parish
- Forest Row
- Postcode
- RH19 3QE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Established
- 1795
- Nearest railway station
- Cowden — 4.4 km
- Official site
- www.hammerwood.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5645788 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hammerwood Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hammerwood Park?
- Hammerwood Park is in East Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RH19 3QE), in the parish of Forest Row.
- What is Hammerwood Park?
- Hammerwood Park — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Hammerwood Park?
- The nearest railway station is Cowden, about 4.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode RH19 3QE.
- When was Hammerwood Park built?
- Built or established in 1795. Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
- Who owns Hammerwood Park?
- Hammerwood Park is owned by | current_tenants =.
- Is Hammerwood Park a listed building?
- Hammerwood Park is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- Is Hammerwood Park a protected site?
- Yes — Hammerwood Park is part of the High Weald National Landscape (AONB) and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Hammerwood Park?
- The nearest railway station is Cowden, about 4.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RH19 3QE.