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Balcombe Place is a Grade II * Listed Building, built in 1856〔''The Buildings of England'' by Ian Nairn and Nicholas Pevsner. Penguin Books (1985)〕 in West Sussex, with a south view across the Ouse Valley. It now forms part of The Balcombe Estate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home )〕 The architect was Henry Clutton.〔Sussex (The Buildings: Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England), 1 January 1965; ISBN B0010Z6U08/ISBN 978-0300096774.〕〔The design of the English country house, 1620-1920, p. 246. Authors: John Harris, American Institute of Architects Foundation, Octagon (Washington, D.C.). Publisher Trefoil, 1985; ISBN 0862940672; ISBN 9780862940676.〕 It was built for John Alexander Hankey,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Alexander Hankey profile at National Portrait Gallery )〕 whose family had been living at Naylands,〔English Heritage Building ID: 302345〕 a house about 1 mile away. ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' in 1864 refers to a meeting where “members adjourned to Balcombe Place, a residence recently erected by John Alexander Hankey, Esq., who hospitably entertained them”. The main living area was connected to the servant's areas, a rear courtyard and stables. A photograph in 1897 shows a tall, large glass and wood conservatory on the east side. By the 1960s, that structure had fallen in disrepair and had either been demolished on purpose, or had simply fallen down. Images in 2013 suggested it was overgrown, but still protected by walls on each side, and probably still growing plants from earlier plantings. Descriptions refer to the Denmans 'lawn tennis' courts, but their location is unclear. No courts are shown in the 1910 OS map, a (hard) court existed in the 1960s and appears in the 1974 OS map. At 2013, the OS (and Google Earth) show the hard court to have gone. Early maps show wooded areas around the main building, but with a generally unobstructed view to the south. By the 1960s, some trees to the east and south had been removed. This may have occurred during the war years, or when the land was used as a school, but may have been arranged beforehand by Lady Denman, who recorded 'bonfires' as a hobby and was once described as 'indiscriminately lopping' trees.〔''A Force To Be Reckoned With: The History of the Women's Institute'' by Jane Robinson (6 October 2011), Hachette UK〕 ==Early history== Balcombe parish lay within the original precincts of the Forest of Worth. In the reign of Edward I., William de Warenne held the area, and it probably descended as the Barony of Lewes and the Borde-Hill and Spelice families of Nayland. In 1860, the principal estate in the parish was Nayland (now Balcombe Place). Nayland passed respectively through the Michelborne, Culpeper (or Culpepper), Spence, Liddel (or Liddell), Clitherow and Chatfield families who sold it to J.A. Hankey, Esq., High Sheriff of Sussex in 1866. Hankey erected Balcombe Place in the Tudor style on a commanding spot, near the ancient house.〔''A Compendious History of Sussex'' by Mark Antony Lower, MA. 1870.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balcombe Place」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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