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Herstmonceux (/ ˌ h ɜːr s m ə n ˈ z uː / HURSS-mən-ZOO, /-ˈ s uː /- SOO, [3] or / h ɔːr s ˈ m aʊ n s iː z / horss-MOWN-seez) [4] is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, which includes Herstmonceux Castle.
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. It is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. [1]
Aug 1, 2024 · Herstmonceux, village (parish), Wealden district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southestern England. The parish is the site of the well-known castle of Herstmonceux, completed about 1444 by Sir Roger de Fiennes as a fortified manor surrounded by a moat.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Herstmonceux Castle Estate is a 300 acre estate including woodland, formal and themed gardens. Herstmonceux Castle operates as the UK campus of Queen’s University (Canada).
Herstmonceux is renowned for its magnificent moated castle, set in 550 acres of glorious parkland & superb Elizabethan gardens. Built originally as a country home in the mid 15th Century, Herstmonceux Castle embodies the history of medieval England and the romance of renaissance Europe.
Herstmonceux Place stands on the north-west boundary of the park and commands extensive views over it to the south and east. It has an entrance front of c 1720. Samuel Wyatt enlarged and added two new elevations to the house for the Hare-Naylor family when they moved here in 1775.
Herstmonceux is a village with many claims to fame — moated castle, former Royal Observatory, science centre and home of the Sussex trug, a type of basket made from chestnut and willow.
