Plumpton Place
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Plumpton Place is a Grade 2 listed Elizabethan manor house in Plumpton, East Sussex
, England. The house is on the English Heritage
register.
Plumpton Place sits close to Plumpton to the east of the church and Plumpton Agricultural College. There is an entrance formed of two cottages designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with a Palladian porch and this leads to his modern bridge over the moat.
Various building materials have been used in the construction of the house. It is believed that the north wing is the earliest, as there is a date-stone of 1568 with the initials I.M. The west wing seems to date from a later period, circa 1600. Over a hundred years later there was a period of rebuilding in brick and some additions by Lutyens. There are lakeside gardens by Lutyens and Jekyll, within large grounds, that include both woodland and pasture.
Owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins
, it was until 1985 the home of Led Zeppelin
's Jimmy Page
.
It was formerly the home of George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton
(d.1968), who maintained a race-horse stud at the property.
Plumpton, East Sussex
Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-west of Lewes. The parish includes the small village of Plumpton and the larger village of Plumpton Green to the north where most of the community and services are based...
, England. The house is on the English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
register.
Plumpton Place sits close to Plumpton to the east of the church and Plumpton Agricultural College. There is an entrance formed of two cottages designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with a Palladian porch and this leads to his modern bridge over the moat.
Various building materials have been used in the construction of the house. It is believed that the north wing is the earliest, as there is a date-stone of 1568 with the initials I.M. The west wing seems to date from a later period, circa 1600. Over a hundred years later there was a period of rebuilding in brick and some additions by Lutyens. There are lakeside gardens by Lutyens and Jekyll, within large grounds, that include both woodland and pasture.
Owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins
Thomas James Perkins is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.-Biography:...
, it was until 1985 the home of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
's Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
.
It was formerly the home of George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton
George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton
George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton .Miles Watson was born near Leeds, Yorks., on June 21, 1899, the eldest of 4 sons of Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton, the Leeds soap magnate, and Claire Nickols, da. of Harold Nickols of Sandford House, Kirkstall, Leeds...
(d.1968), who maintained a race-horse stud at the property.