Newbuildings Place

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Newbuildings Place
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Newbuildings Place
General information
StatusComplete
Type House
Architectural style Artisan Mannerism
ClassificationGrade I
Location Shipley, West Sussex
Coordinates 51°0′30″N0°22′32″W / 51.00833°N 0.37556°W / 51.00833; -0.37556 Coordinates: 51°0′30″N0°22′32″W / 51.00833°N 0.37556°W / 51.00833; -0.37556
Completedc. 1683
Owner John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton
Technical details
Material Stone

Newbuildings Place is a 17th-century Artisan Mannerist house near Shipley, West Sussex. The house is a former home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, who is buried in the grounds of the house. The building is currently owned by John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton, and is Grade I listed.

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History

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Barn in the grounds of Newbuildings Place

Newbuildings Place was built by Philip Caryll in the 17th century, around 1683. Caryll's family owned the estate for over 100 years. [1] The house was built with numerous priest holes, as the Caryll family were Roman Catholic. [1] It is situated around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the church in Shipley, West Sussex. [2]

In the 1820s and 1830s, paupers were housed at Newbuildings Place. [3] In 1833, some of the paupers damaged the house by using its wood panelling for firewood. [4] The building is a former home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, [5] an author, poet and Arabian horse breeder. [1] Blunt originally lived in the house from 1870 to 1872, during which time he added oak to the house's porch and panelling. [3] He moved back into Newbuildings Place in 1906, after his separation from Lady Anne Blunt. [6] Whilst living there, he bought tapestries and furniture from William Morris, which still survive in the house. [1] Blunt is buried in a tomb in the house's grounds; [6] in his will, he requested to be buried in the house's woods in his travelling carpet rather than in a coffin. [7] [8]

Blunt's daughter, who inherited the house, was married to Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton. [9] In 1957, the house was sold to Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, and after being owned by some of her relatives, it was then owned by John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton. [3] In 1959, the house became a Grade I listed building. [1] The grounds of the house contain a Grade II listed barn, [10] and a Grade II listed dovecote. [11]

Architecture

Newbuildings Place is built in the Artisan Mannerist style, with some interior features matching the Jacobean style. [2] The style of the building is unusual for houses in Sussex, whereas is more common in Kent and Surrey. [2] The house is built of stone, including Horsham Stone, and has two storeys. [1] The kitchen and cellar are original to the house. [1] The façades of the house contain two gables. [3] [2] The roof of the building is made of Horsham stone slab. [1]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2001). Sussex. Yale University Press. p. 323. ISBN   9780300096774.
  3. 1 2 3 4 A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham. 6. Victoria County History. 1986. pp. 112–117 – via British History Online.
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  5. ↑ "Shipley" (PDF). Horsham District. June 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Report On The History Of Crawley Parks" (PDF). Sussex Gardens Trust. March 2013. pp. 17–19. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mr Wilfred S. Blunt's Will". The Guardian . 12 February 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 15 July 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Rich Briton evens vetoes a coffin". The Beatrice Daily Express. 13 March 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 14 July 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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  10. ↑ Historic England. "Barn to South East of Newbuildings Place (1026929)". National Heritage List for England .
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Dovecot to South of Newbuildings Place (1354236)". National Heritage List for England .
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