Glynde Place

{{short description|Country house in Glynde, England}}

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| image = Glynde Place Sussex 1880 edited.jpg

| caption = Glynde Place from Morris's Country Seats (1880)

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| locmapin = East Sussex

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| location = Glynde

| area = East Sussex

| built = 1569

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| architecture = Elizabethan

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| owner = Viscount Hampden

| designation1 = Grade I

| designation1_offname = Glynde Place

| designation1_date = 17 March 1952

| designation1_number = 1221546

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Glynde Place is an Elizabethan Manor House at Glynde in East Sussex, England. Situated in the South Downs National Park, it is the family home of the Viscounts Hampden, whose forebears built the house in 1569. It is a Grade I listed building.{{cite web|title=Glynde Place|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1221546 |website=Historic England|accessdate=1 April 2018}} The adjacent church was built in the eighteenth century.

In 1883 the Brand family estate consisted of {{convert|8846|acre|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 {{convert|22163|acre|km2}} worth £24,753 a year).{{cite book|last1=Cokayne|first1=George Edward|title=The Complete Peerage Vol 6|date=1926|publisher=St Catherine Press|location=London|page=289|edition=2nd}}

From 2008 - 2013, the house was subject to a major renovation, organised by the 7th Viscount Hampden, and funded by the sale of one of the estate's paintings.{{cite news|title=New lease of life for historic Glynde Place|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10491548.New_lease_of_life_for_historic_Glynde_Place/|newspaper=Brighton Argus}}

The house and gardens, the latter being Grade II* listed,{{cite web|title=Glynde Place|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000307|website=Historic England|accessdate=1 April 2018}} are open to the public for tours.

Events

From 2010 to 2013, the Meadowlands Festival was held in the grounds. Since 2013, it is the site of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which takes place every summer.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

References

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