Priest's House overwhelmed by the White Garden, Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England by juliamaudlin
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The Weald is known for its picturesque rolling hills and extensive woodlands, contributing to its characteristic landscape. The region is dominated by a large, arch-like geological fold, the Weald Anticline, which formed due to tectonic forces related to the Alps.
A visit to Greys Court, a National Trust run estate.
Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Now owned by the National Trust, and is open to the public.
As Redrefield it was the principal manor of the six manors held in 1086 (as listed in the Domesday Book) by the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye (c.1052- post-1086), ancestor of the prominent Grey family.
The mainly Tudor-style house has a courtyard and gardens. The walled gardens contain old-fashioned roses and wisteria, an ornamental vegetable garden, maze (laid to grass with brick paths, dedicated by Archbishop Robert Runcie on 12 October 1981) and ice house. Within its grounds are the fortified tower built circa 1347, the only remains of the medieval castle, overlooking the gardens and surrounding countryside, as well as a Tudor wheelhouse.
The house remains furnished as a family home, with some outstanding 18th-century plasterwork interiors. It is a Grade I listed building.
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, one of the original founder Knights of the Garter, was granted a license to crenellate his Rotherfield house in 1346, when he also considerably enlarged the group of buildings and added a castle around 1347. The estate passed to the Crown in 1485 and was granted to Robert Knollys in 1514 for an annual rental of a red rose, remaining in the Knollys family until 1642, during which time the current house and its associated buildings were constructed.
Rotherfield Greys Castle, built around 1347
Sir William Paul bought the house in 1686 and it passed via his son William's daughter's dowry to Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet in 1724.
Between 1935 and 1937 the house was occupied by Evelyn Fleming, mother of the author Ian Fleming.
In 1937 the house was bought from the Stapletons by Sir Felix Brunner and his wife Lady Brunner (née Elizabeth Irving), the granddaughter of the Victorian actor-manager Sir Henry Irving. In 1969 the family donated the property to the National Trust, where Lady Brunner continued to live until her death in 2003.
A look around the gardens. At one point it was raining, and popped into a greenhouse to dry off my camera.
White Garden
A visit to Greys Court, a National Trust run estate.
Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Now owned by the National Trust, and is open to the public.
As Redrefield it was the principal manor of the six manors held in 1086 (as listed in the Domesday Book) by the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye (c.1052- post-1086), ancestor of the prominent Grey family.
The mainly Tudor-style house has a courtyard and gardens. The walled gardens contain old-fashioned roses and wisteria, an ornamental vegetable garden, maze (laid to grass with brick paths, dedicated by Archbishop Robert Runcie on 12 October 1981) and ice house. Within its grounds are the fortified tower built circa 1347, the only remains of the medieval castle, overlooking the gardens and surrounding countryside, as well as a Tudor wheelhouse.
The house remains furnished as a family home, with some outstanding 18th-century plasterwork interiors. It is a Grade I listed building.
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, one of the original founder Knights of the Garter, was granted a license to crenellate his Rotherfield house in 1346, when he also considerably enlarged the group of buildings and added a castle around 1347. The estate passed to the Crown in 1485 and was granted to Robert Knollys in 1514 for an annual rental of a red rose, remaining in the Knollys family until 1642, during which time the current house and its associated buildings were constructed.
Rotherfield Greys Castle, built around 1347
Sir William Paul bought the house in 1686 and it passed via his son William's daughter's dowry to Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet in 1724.
Between 1935 and 1937 the house was occupied by Evelyn Fleming, mother of the author Ian Fleming.
In 1937 the house was bought from the Stapletons by Sir Felix Brunner and his wife Lady Brunner (née Elizabeth Irving), the granddaughter of the Victorian actor-manager Sir Henry Irving. In 1969 the family donated the property to the National Trust, where Lady Brunner continued to live until her death in 2003.
Rotherfield Greys Castle
Rotherfield Greys Castle, initially known as Retherfield Castle, is a 14th-century fortified manor house built in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. Only the ruins of a single tower and a section of curtain wall survives, of which is associated with Greys Court, a Tudor country house. The castle is owned by the National Trust.
The earliest mention of a manor at Rotherfield Greys, then known as Retherfield, was in 1283 during the reign of King Edward I. The current castle at Rotherfield Greys, which was probably not built for defensive purposes, replaced this manor and it was built circa 1347 after being crenelated by Johannes de Grey de Retherfeld on 10 December 1346. The east front, which was destroyed during the English Civil War, was extended around 1600 by William Knollys and the castle was slighted during the English Civil War; it has been in ruins since c. 1646.
It is a Grade I listed building, along with the rest of Greys Court. Of the surviving ruins, one tower is set obliquely at the north angle, the other tower is in the middle of the north eastern side and the third tower is octagonal and its south eastern corner has been incorporated into part of a cottage that likely dates to the early 17th century.
Grade I listed building
Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East
Details
SU78SW 6/125 24/10/51
ROTHERFIELD GREYS Greys Court, Great Tower, attached ruined tower and walls approx 60 metres east. (Formerly listed as Greys Court including Batchelors Hall, The Well House, and Towers NE, NW and SW of house)
GV I
Two towers with linking curtain wall and wall to north and south. C14. Flint with stone quoins and patches of brick; top of Great Tower coursed with brick. Square plan towers with angle buttresses to corners. Great tower has 2- centre arched doorway to ground and first floor west side. Irregular fenestration of window openings to towers and walls. Brick flat-arched fireplace to linking wall. History: Licence to crenellate granted in 1347 to Sir John de Grey. (Buildings of England : Oxfordshire, pp.735-7; Greys Court National Trust Guide book, 1982).
Listing NGR: SU7254683427
From the White Garden.
A visit to Greys Court, a National Trust run estate.
Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Now owned by the National Trust, and is open to the public.
As Redrefield it was the principal manor of the six manors held in 1086 (as listed in the Domesday Book) by the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye (c.1052- post-1086), ancestor of the prominent Grey family.
The mainly Tudor-style house has a courtyard and gardens. The walled gardens contain old-fashioned roses and wisteria, an ornamental vegetable garden, maze (laid to grass with brick paths, dedicated by Archbishop Robert Runcie on 12 October 1981) and ice house. Within its grounds are the fortified tower built circa 1347, the only remains of the medieval castle, overlooking the gardens and surrounding countryside, as well as a Tudor wheelhouse.
The house remains furnished as a family home, with some outstanding 18th-century plasterwork interiors. It is a Grade I listed building.
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, one of the original founder Knights of the Garter, was granted a license to crenellate his Rotherfield house in 1346, when he also considerably enlarged the group of buildings and added a castle around 1347. The estate passed to the Crown in 1485 and was granted to Robert Knollys in 1514 for an annual rental of a red rose, remaining in the Knollys family until 1642, during which time the current house and its associated buildings were constructed.
Rotherfield Greys Castle, built around 1347
Sir William Paul bought the house in 1686 and it passed via his son William's daughter's dowry to Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet in 1724.
Between 1935 and 1937 the house was occupied by Evelyn Fleming, mother of the author Ian Fleming.
In 1937 the house was bought from the Stapletons by Sir Felix Brunner and his wife Lady Brunner (née Elizabeth Irving), the granddaughter of the Victorian actor-manager Sir Henry Irving. In 1969 the family donated the property to the National Trust, where Lady Brunner continued to live until her death in 2003.
Rotherfield Greys Castle
Rotherfield Greys Castle, initially known as Retherfield Castle, is a 14th-century fortified manor house built in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. Only the ruins of a single tower and a section of curtain wall survives, of which is associated with Greys Court, a Tudor country house. The castle is owned by the National Trust.
The earliest mention of a manor at Rotherfield Greys, then known as Retherfield, was in 1283 during the reign of King Edward I. The current castle at Rotherfield Greys, which was probably not built for defensive purposes, replaced this manor and it was built circa 1347 after being crenelated by Johannes de Grey de Retherfeld on 10 December 1346. The east front, which was destroyed during the English Civil War, was extended around 1600 by William Knollys and the castle was slighted during the English Civil War; it has been in ruins since c. 1646.
It is a Grade I listed building, along with the rest of Greys Court. Of the surviving ruins, one tower is set obliquely at the north angle, the other tower is in the middle of the north eastern side and the third tower is octagonal and its south eastern corner has been incorporated into part of a cottage that likely dates to the early 17th century.
Grade I listed building
Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East
Details
SU78SW 6/125 24/10/51
ROTHERFIELD GREYS Greys Court, Great Tower, attached ruined tower and walls approx 60 metres east. (Formerly listed as Greys Court including Batchelors Hall, The Well House, and Towers NE, NW and SW of house)
GV I
Two towers with linking curtain wall and wall to north and south. C14. Flint with stone quoins and patches of brick; top of Great Tower coursed with brick. Square plan towers with angle buttresses to corners. Great tower has 2- centre arched doorway to ground and first floor west side. Irregular fenestration of window openings to towers and walls. Brick flat-arched fireplace to linking wall. History: Licence to crenellate granted in 1347 to Sir John de Grey. (Buildings of England : Oxfordshire, pp.735-7; Greys Court National Trust Guide book, 1982).
Listing NGR: SU7254683427
From the White Garden
View from the roof of the Tower 3 - The Priest's House and the White Garden
Blossom (and a pollinator taking advantage of it) in the White Garden.
