Stanmer Park
Stanmer Park | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Brighton, East Sussex |
OS grid | TQ 335 093 |
Area | 187.9 hectares (464 acres) |
Managed by | Brighton and Hove City Council |
Stanmer Park is a large public park immediately to the west of the
The eighteenth century park contains the Grade I listed Stanmer House and also 25 Grade II listed buildings and structures. These form the village of Stanmer and Stanmer Church within the park, which would once have been the estate of the house. All were private until bought by Brighton's Council in 1947.[2] There is a café, Stanmer Tea Rooms, in the village.
A major restoration project is underway funded through the
Stanmer House was built for the Pelham family in 1722 around an earlier building. A mistress of King
The church, adjacent to the village pond, was built in 1838 on the site of a 14th-century building. The church is now maintained by the Stanmer Preservation Society, which also runs the Donkey Wheel.
The woods beyond the park to the north and west lead into Wild Park and the open South Downs countryside, part of the South Downs National Park. Immediately to the south of the park runs the major A27 road.
References
- ^ "Stanmer Park/Coldean". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Map of Stanmer Park/Coldean". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Work begins on Stanmer Park restoration". News. University of Sussex. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Stanmer Park restoration project". Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Wadsworth, Jo. "Stanmer House's current incarnation to close after going bust with debts of £287k". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
Earthship
The Park also has one of Britain's few