Glynde Place is an Elizabethan Manor House

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 at Glynde

Glynde

Glynde is a village in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is located two miles east of Lewes.-Estate:The estate at Glynde has belonged to four interlinked families: the Waleys , Morleys, Trevors, and Brands...

 in East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

, England

England

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. It is the family home of the Viscounts Hampden

Anthony David Brand, 6th Viscount Hampden

Anthony David Brand, 6th Viscount Hampden , was a stock broker, Sussex land owner, South Downsman, hereditary peer, and land agent.-Early career:...

, whose forebears built the house in 1569. The adjacent church was built in the eighteenth century.

In 1883 the Brand family estate consisted of 8846 acres (35.8 km²) in Sussex (inherited through the families of Morley and Trevor, and valued at £8,121 a year), 6,658 in Hertfordshire, 3,600 in Essex, 2,081 in county Cambridge, and 978 in Suffolk. (Total 22163 acres (89.7 km²) worth £24,753 a year)
(from John Bateman via The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., volume six, 1926, p289).

The house and gardens are open to the public for tours.

External links

• Glynde Place - official site