An 18th Century East Sussex Estate For Sale

Built between 1701 and 1705 for the Rev. Thomas Hooper, Hailsham Grange was designed in the “Mary-Anne” style, combining the formality of the Queen Anne period with the Dutch influence of William and Mary. Located in the center of the town, the setting is so peaceful and serene that it seems like a much larger country manor.  The gardens took five years to establish.  “Relatively speaking, by English standards anyway, this is a fairly small garden at around an acre, and it’s in an urban environment, so I needed to create something that would suit the location and the house,” said homeowner Noel Thompson.

After purchasing the property in 1987, the first thing Thompson did was build a summerhouse to give the rear garden a focal point. Then he obscured the view of the backs of the shops behind the property that could be seen from the upper storeys of the house. “I pinched an idea from David Hicks’ garden for that and planted a hedge on ‘stilts,’” he said. The front is very formal with box hedging, and the white garden was influenced by Sissinghurst. After the plans for the garden were in place, Thompson then turned his attention to the house, which had sustained a number of alterations over the centuries. Impressive but not at all showy, it possesses an effortless English elegance. Let’s take a tour of this beautiful East Sussex home, which also happens to be for sale!  Images are from Wealden Times and Hailsham Grange.

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