Herstmonceux
(pronounced: "Hers-mon-zoo") is a village in the county of East
Sussex in the South East of England.
It is the location of Herstmonceux
Castle and the former site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory,
even though not within the village envelope - strictly speaking.

The
windmill at Windmill Hill, an important bit of kit this when you have a
whole village to bake for, so a lot of grain to grind into flour.
Herstmonceux
is also famous for trug making. Trugs are small gardening baskets made from willow boards set in
an ash or chestnut frame. As with quite a bit in Herstmonceux at the
moment, the trug making industry is drying up. However, this tiny village, with its
single parade of shops along the busy A271 (Gardner Street), a bottleneck
for traffic, is perhaps more
famous for The Old Generating Works (Steam House), which together with
Rudyard Kipling's Batemans, is
the only surviving evidence of the early electricity generating industry
in Sussex. This building in included on a Monument Protection
Programme (MPP) since it has fallen into a state of disrepair.
Another
important, but perhaps not so rare a building, is the windmill
at Windmill Hill, which was saved with the
help of a £500,000 grant from the Heritage
Lottery fund, English Heritage and others. Volunteers and
Trustees include: Brian Holdstock, Crispin Freeman, Martyn Mitchell, Paul
Frost, John Bishop, Maureen Bishop, Rhys Clatworthy and Bee Frost. Being
run by a Trust and a listed building opens up the doors to all kinds of
public funding. Without the effort on locals and funding from government,
etc, this windmill would be
no more. It had been allowed to deteriorate to the
stage where collapse was imminent.
This
is not the case where a building is unlisted. An unlisted building may be
the only one of its kind, but not worthy of private investment where a
corrupt council might be working to prevent a reasonable use - even though
it is their job to find beneficial uses for buildings that English
Heritage have pointed out by inclusion on an MMP.
It
has recently been confirmed by English Heritage that there is no public
funding for buildings on Monument Protection Programmes no matter how rare
they are. From a series of recent correspondence it is clear that where a
council is corrupt, English Heritage is powerless. Thus, the future of
historic buildings in areas run by corrupt councils is as if there was no
MMP.
ABOUT
MPPs
The
English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme was supposed to be a comprehensive review and evaluation of England's
archaeological resource, designed to collect information which will enhance the conservation,
management and appreciation of the archaeological heritage. Once again
dependent on councils being honest. One of its principal aims is to identify
monuments and sites whose national importance and conservation needs justify some form of statutory
protective designation (generally scheduling).
National
importance is decided on the basis of rarity, archaeological potential and vulnerability.
Descriptions are based on current knowledge and will therefore always be
provisional and subject to change as further research is undertaken -
which in reality means it is up to owners to work out for themselves how
best to utilise buildings that nobody really cares about. One way to
generate an income for old property that is blighted by local corruption
is to open them to the public, which does not need planning permission -
simply because a building is what it is. With roughly 225 monument class descriptions
already, you can begin to grasp the scale of the problem.

Remember
this one? Wealden District Council lied to several Inspectors at Appeals
from 1986 until 1997, after which the appellant decided the system was so
corrupt, that he'd simply show the Secretary of State that Victorio (Vic)
Scarpa,
Doug Moss, Ian Kay, Ashley Brown, Chezel Bird, Derek Holness, Christine
Nuttall and David
Phillips were all working together to conceal the truth. They told
Inspectors at appeals on oath that the original timber building from 1909 was replaced by a corrugated
iron shed at some unspecified time. They called it a "tin shack" during planning
committee meetings to instill a sense of lesser importance in the minds of
council members. All of which was a deception, and worse, a conspiracy to
hide the truth. Where's the 'tin' then blockheads? The original
timber building is still there exactly as explained in 1986. An inconvenient
truth this may be, but think on the £500,000 of taxpayers money this
council spent trying to change history. They used all means at their
disposal to try to bury the occupier - including an attempt at bankruptcy.
No wonder Britain is in the state it is - when officials in trusted
positions cannot be relied on to tell the truth - all at our expense! The question is now, who is going
to jail for malfeasance in public office? That is a question for Eric
Pickles and Chris
Grayling.
Other
buildings of note in the locality include Lime House and Lime
Cottage. Lime Cottage is a grade 2 listed building. Lime
House is the manor house previously owned by the Baron de Roemer and
occupied by the famous travel writer Augustus
Hare.
It was the Baron's son who built the now famous generating building (known as
the Old Steam House) and supply network
which gave electricity to Herstmonceux
far in advance of other towns. Pioneering indeed, but as we say English
Heritage recognition is worthless where councils are corrupt. Life
goes on in councils no matter if you are honest or not. In fact, dishonest
officers at Wealden District
Council have been promoted. They earn large sums for lying. Not a new
profession we realize, where many a politician has been caught out. Since 1982
Wealden DC have been nursing the lie that the original
generating building had been replaced with a pump house - in the process
persuading the Secretary of State (via duped Inspectors Danreuther and
Michaels) to declare an incorrect finding of
fact. Any twit looking at the only pump on the premises would have
realised that the pump was three-phase with modern couplings, whereas the timber
construction was very much older. 105 years old in fact. Was there 3-phase
electricity in 1908? Of course not. How then could 3 intelligent
inspectors have swallowed Wealden's lies? The answer is that Inspectors
seem to pay no heed to physical facts, but decide on the words of council
officers, always taking the side of councils when in doubt. As Jim Carey
said in 'Liar Liar,' the pen is blue.
Even
now in perversity, this council refuse to admit the deception(s) that their
planning (David Phillips, Ian Kay, Ashley Brown and Doug Moss) and legal officers (Vic
Scarpa & Christine Nuttall [solicitors]) and Chief Executive, Derek
Holness, committed openly and at considerable expense during three public
enquiries. Wealden District Council wasted half a million pounds of taxpayers money
nursing a lie - and are about to waste a whole lot more, authorizing 180+ enforcement visits in the process - a
virtual industry based on deception, the aim of which was to discriminate
against the then occupier - which of course is unlawful in the first
instance (misfeasance in public office) and illegal where there is a cover
up (malfeasance in public office). Where malfeasance is concerned prison
is on the cards.
The battle continues with English Heritage
content to keeps their records and watch the world go by. Shame on this council
which is led by councilor Bob Standley with steerage away from their duty
to the historic environment from Trevor Scott. All of the above is
documented and verified for accuracy.
Notable
absences are any useful representation from local councilor Andrew (Andy)
Long, who does not reply to letters and is not contactable by email in a
modern age where communication is essential. This matter has now been put
before the Rt Hon Eric Pickles
MP, the Secretary of State for Planning. But don't hold your breath.
This is merry old England where admission is a dirty word and impropriety
is the order of the day - perhaps one day an official: 'order of merit'.
For services to what we wonder? Dirty tricks?
For
more information on this interesting building, see:
ARCHAEOLOGY
HERSTMONCEUX
CASTLE
Herstmonceux Castle (some 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the village) is a former site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. It is now home to the Bader International Study Centre of Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and the area therefore enjoys an influx of Canadian and other international students each school year. The castle grounds are also home to the Observatory Science Centre, which is operated by Science Projects Limited, and the Herstmonceux Mediaeval
Festival.
There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the Parish. Herstmonceux Park is of importance because of its wetland habitat and fen vegetation. It is the only known location of Milk Parsley Peucedanum palustre in the
south-east. The second site, Pevensey Levels, lies partially in the parish. The site is of biological interest consisting of low-lying grazing meadows, hosting a wide variety of wetland flora and
fauna.

If
Wealden District Council, had got their way, the buildings would now be a
haunted place with nothing standing. That is what happens when a council
refuse to give a beneficial use to landowners - archaeological remains
just rot away - even quicker if the construction is timber. Councils know
this. Wealden DC tried to accelerate the rot, by putting tree preservation
orders on nearby sycamore trees. It is nothing short of a miracle that Nelson
Kruschandl had the stamina to take on a council over what is now 30
years - and finally to prove that what they were saying was bunkum! But
then, Mr Kruschandl is a British (Colonial) Bulldog
and this was a war.
He is quoted as saying: "You need to have the patience of a saint,
the courage of a lion and the cunning of a fox."

At
some time in the last 100 years, the only two wells in Lime Park, were
covered over with concrete slabs. These slabs were removed in 1982 on
discovery of the wells that many local people had forgotten existed after
piped mains water became commonplace. Then around 1994 the well head was
rebuilt in brick and a timber lid securely fitted to prevent grouchy neighbors
and curious animals from falling in. Beginning in June of 2013, the well
head is being reconstructed as per the above diagram, to include a cast
iron wheel and the original well bell, dated 1898. Apart from completing
the look of the complex as it was in 1900, a working well with al the
features of the original is an asset to a sustainable life style.
Many people forget how we got here and what technology we employed in our
fight to survive. A well is essential to provide water to communities that
do not have piped mains water. Without a water hole, villages in Africa
would not exist.
Religion
- places of worship in Wealden
All Saints (Church of England) parish
church, with its 12th century west tower and 13th/14th century nave, overlooks the Castle. Herstmonceux Congregational Church, located just outside the village on the way to the castle, was erected in 1811 and is now a listed building.
SUSSEX
INDEX A - Z
Herstmonceux
Parish
East Sussex,
England
"list of buildings of special architectural or historic
interest"
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
INDEX
OF GRADE I AND GRADE II*
LISTED BUILDINGS
FULL
LIST OF GRADE I, GRADE II* AND
GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS
FULL
LIST OF GRADE I, GRADE II* AND
GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS
This
list contains all amendments to 26 March 2003. "Descriptive
entries" are confined to century of origin except for the Grade I
and II* buildings, where more is reproduced. The accuracy of the listing
or entries is not guaranteed by Herstmonceux Parish Council: any
question about these or other buildings in the Parish should in the
first instance be referred to Conservation & Design, Wealden
District Council, Council Offices, Pine Grove, Crowborough, East
Sussex TN6 1DH, tel. 01892 602538 or email.
NAME
(LB grade)
|
LOCATION
|
TQ
|
No.
3, Posey Cottages (II)
"Early C19...".
|
Posey
Green, Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/355
|
Nos.
4 and 5, Posey Cottages (II)
"C18...".
|
Posey
Green, Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/356
|
Thorpe
House (II)
"Early C19...".
|
Posey
Green, A271
|
TQ
6412 37/357
|
Yew
Tree Cottage (II)
"C17 or earlier timber-framed building...".
|
Lower
Road, Golden Cross
|
TQ
61 SW 13/412
|
Wisteria
Cottage (II) and
Primrose Cottage (II) [alternatively 1, 2, 3
Chapel Row]
"C18...".
|
Chapel
Row
|
TQ
6312/394
|
Rose
Cottage (II)
"C18...".
|
Chapel
Row
|
TQ
6312 37/395
|
East
Lodge (II)
"Early C19...".
|
Lime
Park
|
TQ
6312 37/396
|
Herstmonceux
Congregational Church (II)
"Dated 1811...."
|
Chapel
Row
|
TQ
6312 37/397
|
Lime
End Farmhouse (II)
"Early C19...".
|
Chapel
Row
|
TQ
6311 37/398
|
Chilsham
Green Farmhouse (II)
"C17 or earlier...".
|
Chilsham
Lane
|
TQ
61 SW 13/421
|
The
Parish Church of All Saints (I)
"Built of red brick partly cement and with stone tower
and partly slated roofs.... The Nave and Tower are late C12;
the south Aisle C13; the north Aisle, the south Porch and the
Chancel C14; the north or Dacre Chapel 1450 circa and like the
Castle, with which it is contemporary build of brick; the
north Porch 1874. Dacre tomb to Thomas Lord Hoo (died 1455)
and Sir Thomas Hoo (died 1486)...."
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/404
|
Church
Farmhouse (II)
"probably C16...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/405
|
Cleavers
Lyng (II)
"C18...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/407
|
Milland
[Farmhouse] (II)
"C17...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/408
|
Nos
1 and 2 Milland Cottages (II)
"C18 or earlier...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/409
|
Cherry
Croft (II)
"C18...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/410
|
Barn
at Cherry Croft Farm (II)
"Late C16, extended and reclad in C18... two storey C18
extension...".
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/10027
|
Herstmonceux
Place (I)
[now flats]
"The north-west front dates from the early
C18.... In 1777 the house was enlarged by Samuel Wyatt for the
Reverend Robert Hare (great grandfather of Augustus
Hare), the bricks for the new portion being taken from
Herstmonceux Castle. The north-east or entrance front was then
re-modelled.... Good staircase.
From 1807-1819 the house was occupied by Thomas Read Kemp, the
founder of Kemp Town, Brighton."
|
Church
Road
|
TQ
61 SW 13/411
|
Walled
garden to north of
Herstmonceux Castle (II)
"Probably mid C16 and later altered...".
|
Herstmonceux
Park
|
TQ
61 SW 13/660
|
Herstmonceux
Castle, with attached
bridges to nother & south and causway with moat retaining
walls to west. (I)
"Castle/country
house. c1441 (when license to crenellate was granted) for Sir
Roger Fiennes; further embellished mid C16 for Baroness and
Lord Dacre; altered mid-late C17 for Lord Dacre; part
demolished 1776-7 for Robert Hare; restored and rebuilt early
C20, mostly 1911-12, for Lieutenant Coloner Claude Lowther and
1930s for Sir Paul Latham....
Interior: some original features survive, including
fireplaces, privies, doorways, dungeon and brick-lined
dovecote...; other old features were brought in from
elsewhere....
"The C15 castle was well restored in the early C20 and
the many fine features which were brought in at that time add
to its importance."
|
Herstmonceux
Park
|
TQ
61 SW 13/406
|
Herstmonceux
Science Centre (II*)
"Alternatively
known as: Equatorial Group of Telescopes,
Royal Greenwich Observatory." For the complete
descriptive entry,
|
[Herstmonceux
Park]
|
TQ
61 SE
|
Chapel
Cottage (II)
"Originally a cottage and chapel, now a house in one
ownership. Cottage to west is of c1750, former Baptist Chapel
to east is of c1800. Some C20 alterations...".
|
Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 981/13/10040
|
The
Merry [sic] Harriers Inn (II)
"C18...".
|
Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/422
|
1
& 2 Corner Cottages (II)
"C18...".
|
Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/423
|
Cowbeech
House (II*)
"Dated
1731...".
|
Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/424
|
Cowbeech
Farmhouse (II)
"C17 or earlier...".
|
Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/425
|
Batchelors
and the garden wall
to the east (II)
"C18.... C18 cobbled garden wall...".
|
Cowbeech
Hill, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/426
|
Carter's
Corner Farmhouse (II)
"Formerly called Highfields.... C17 or earlier
timber-framed building.... North-west wing added about
1930."
|
Cowbeech
Hill, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/427
|
1
& 2 Thorndean Farm Cottages (II)
"Early C19...".
|
[Foul
Mile,] Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/428
|
Moieties
(II)
"Restored C17 or earlier timber-framed building...".
|
Foul
Mile, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 NW 8/429
|
Beadles
Cottage (II)
"C17 or earlier...".
|
Foul
Mile, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 NW 8/430
|
Courtlands
Farmhouse (II)
"Probably C17...".
|
Foul
Mile, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 NW 8/431
|
Court
Horam (II*)
"Unusual C17 or earlier timber-framed
building...".
|
Hammer
Lane, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 NW 8/432
|
Blackford
Farmhouse (II)
"C18 front, but some older work within...".
|
Cinderford
Lane, Cowbeech
|
TQ
61 SW 13/433
|
Flowers
Green Cottages (Nos 1, 2 and 3) (II)
"C18...".
|
Church
Road, Flowers Green
|
TQ
6311 37/399
|
Hollies
(II)
"C18...".
|
Butler's
Lane, Flowers Green
|
TQ
6311 37/400
|
Pernes
(II)
"C18...".
|
Flowers
Green
|
TQ
6311 37/401
|
Little
Butlers (II)
"C17...".
|
Flowers
Green
|
TQ
6311 37/402
|
Pastures
(II)
"Early C19...".
|
Flowers
Green
|
TQ
6311 37/403
|
1,
2, The Chestnuts (II)
"C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/366
|
London
Cottage (II)
"C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/367
|
The
Brewers' Arms Inn (II)
"C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
37/368
|
Barclays
Bank and Bank Flat (II)
[no longer Barclays Bank]
"Early C19...".
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/369
|
The
Sundial Restaurant (II)
"Early C19... Sundial on first floor."
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/370
|
Elm
Tree House (II)
"L-shaped C17 or earlier timber-framed building...".
|
Gardner
Street (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/371
|
Higham
House and Higham Cottage (II)
"One building. C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/372
|
The
Keys (II)
"C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/373
|
Eversley
(II)
"Early C19...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/374
|
Bellevue
and Perrywinkle Cottage (II)
"C17 or earlier building...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/375
|
Arnocks
and Arnocks Cottage (II)
"Early C19...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/376
|
Cotoneaster
(II)
[formerly Praise-the-Lord House]
"C18...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/377
|
Nos
1 and 2 The Old Post Office (II)
"Probably C17...".
|
Gardner
Street (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/378
|
The
Old Farmhouse (II)
[sometimes called Ginger's Green Farmhouse]
"C17 or earlier...".
|
Ginger's
Green Lane, Ginger's Green
|
TQ
61 SW 13/416
|
Monk's
Rest (II)
"Restored C17 cottage...".
|
Hailsham
Road, Cooper's Croft
|
TQ
61 SW 13/413
|
Buckwell
Place (II*)
"Large former rectory, now private house.
Original wing of c1792 built by the Rev. Robert Hare, a member
of the Hare family who owned Herstmonceux Castle. His nephew
Archdeacon Julius Hare added a parlour wing.... c1860 a
service wing was added to the west by the Rev Henry Wellesley,
an illegitimate nephew of the Duke of Wellington....
"The house has historic interest as being the childhood
home of Augustus Hare the notable Victorian travel writer who
also wrote memoirs in 6 volumes 'The story of my life'."
|
Hailsham
Road, Coopers Croft
|
TQ
61 SW 13/414
|
The
stables to the west of Buckwell Place House (II)
"Small early C19 building...".
|
Hailsham
Road, Coopers Croft
|
TW
61 SW 13/414A
|
Deudney's
Farmhouse (II)
"Front portion late C17 or early C18...".
|
Old
Road, Magham Down
|
TW
61 SW 13/415
|
Stunt's
Green Farmhouse (II)
"Dated 1727.... Stone with the initials WH and the date
1727."
|
Stunt's
Green
|
TW
61 SW 13/417
|
Aladdin's
Cottage (II)
"Originally threshing barn, later tearooms and finally
holiday accommodation. Early C17, modified in 1920s and c1983.
Timber framed building now clad in C20 brickwork, apart from
south west side which has C17 brickwork...".
|
Stunt's
Green
|
TQ62001329
|
Little
Manor (II)
"C17 or earlier timber-framed building, now
tile-hung...".
|
Stunt's
Green
|
TQ
61 SW 13/418
|
Gainsborough
Cottage (II)
"Probably C17...".
|
Stunt's
Green
|
TQ
61 SW 13/419
|
Broyle
Cottage (II)
"C17 or earlier...".
|
Stunt's
Green
|
TQ
61 SW 13/430
|
Carriers
(II)
"Once 2 cottages. C18...".
|
West
End (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/379
|
Toad
Hall (II)
"C18 or earlier...".
|
West
End (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/380
|
Appleshaw
(II)
"C18"...".
|
West
End (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/381
|
Meadow
Cottage (II)
"C18, restored and altered...".
|
West
End (north side)
|
TQ
6312 37/382
|
[1,
2, 3] Bedham Green (II)
"Three cottages probably C17 or earlier timber-framed
building...".
|
West
End (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/383
|
The
Old Bakehouse and Ray's Cottage (II)
"2 cottages, probably once lobby entrance house. C18
altered C20. Timber-framed...".
|
West
End (south side)
|
TQ
6312 37/384
|
Hormes
House (II)
"C18...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/385
|
Allfrey
House (II)
"C17 or earlier...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/386
|
Victoria
Lodge and Pope's Farmhouse (II)
"One building. L-shaped C17 or earlier building, altered
in C19 and C20...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/387
|
Miller's
House (II)
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/388
|
Windmill
Hill Windmill (II*)
"Post type windmill. Built c1814 by the Lewes
mill-wright, Medhurst. It is the largest postmill in the
country as regards body size.... at 48ft the tallest windmill
in Sussex and the last remaining mill in England to possess
the remains of a centrifugal governor system for controlling
the sail area.... This mill never had a tailpole but was
turned to the wind by pushing the body round manually using
the tailpole. It ceased turning in 1893 when steam-driven
stones were set up in the roundhouse."
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/389
|
Mill
House (II)
"C18...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/390
|
Nos
3 and 4 Elm Cottage (II)
"C18...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/391
|
Field
House and Field Cottage (II)
"C18...".
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/392
|
Nos
1 to 5 (consec) The Old School House [and School Farmhouse]
(II)
"Large L-shaped block. C18.... The south-easternmost tip
of the building is in Wartling Parish."
|
A271
Windmill Hill
|
TQ
6412 37/393
|
"It
must be remembered that listing, NO MATTER WHAT THE GRADE, protects the
whole building, both internally and externally, together with any object
or structure fixed to the building and any object or structure within
the curtilege of the building which, although not fixed to the building,
forms part of the land and has done so since before 1st July 1948."

Herstmonceux
Castle
THE
OBSERVATORY
The original title 'Royal Observatory, Greenwich' as decreed by King George VI, was changed to 'Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux'. The site was home to the Nautical Almanac Office and the Time Department.
Until 1990 the
BBC linked to Herstmonceux several times a day to get the 'pips' which were relayed to the nation
(nd the world) every hour: "This is the BBC World Service" is a
familiar message remembered by many.
In 1946 Herstmonceux was chosen form a shortlist of five suitable locations. It
is six miles from the sea in quiet Sussex countryside. It was also far enough away from towns to offer
protection from light pollution. The site covered 370 acres. The
500 year old castle was the oldest brick building in southern England, built by King Henry VI.
The castle became
a home from home for the astronomers who worked the telescopes. It had however fallen into disrepair and was extensively restored, but due to post
war shortages and local planning issues, was not completed until 1958.
Patrick Moore had played a role in the 1960s in mapping the moon prior to the Apollo landing. But newer telescopes were being built at higher altitudes elsewhere in the world to escape spreading pollution.
The observatory
moved to Cambridge in 1990 (minus the telescopes).
Cambridge now houses only the offices and no observations are carried out there. Patrick Moore described the loss as 'One of the worst pieces of scientific vandalism in modern times'. The site was bought by
developers to turn into a country hotel despite opposition from local
people. But the developer was bankrupted and the site was eventually donated to Queen's University, Ontario Canada by Alfred Bader.

The
Old Steam House, Herstmonceux, East Sussex
No
proper
restoration until history recognised - ongoing 2022
MEDIEVAL
FESTIVAL AT HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE 25-27th August 2012
This
splendid event was born in 1993 by way of a celebration to mark the
opening (reopening) of the 15th century moated castle to the public.
The Medieval Festival
is held every August Bank Holiday weekend. This year it is expected to draw its
largest attendance. Last year more than 30,000 visitors flocked through the
castle gates. The event is thought to be the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.
This
year the event organisers plan to construct a complete medieval village
where craftsmen and traders will display the wares and skills of a bygone age.
A magnificent jousting arena will be recreated in the Castle grounds where
visitors may taste of the bravery of this ancient duel, where horsemanship
and a keen aim (coupled with a strong arm) meant the difference between life and death.
Some of the finest bowmen in Europe will demonstrate precision archery
using longbows. The public may enjoy this art first hand under the expert
guidance of the archers.
As
an archer myself I hope that this event keeps alive the skills that
defined us as modern
humans.

Popular
transport at the time, a pony (donkey) and trap sets off from Herstmonceux
castle.
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Wikipedia
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Heritage Monument Protection Programmes Windmill
Hill Trust Herstmonceux
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A271
seriously inadequate and potholed service road for Herstmonceux
Access
to Neighboring Land Act 1992 - the right to enter onto
adjoining property to effect repairs
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v Dytham 1979 QBD 69 criminal appeal R722 - Common law offence
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