Barnhorn Manor

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Private Residence

Site Name: Barnhorn Manor
Location: Barnhorn Manor
County: Sussex
Location Type: Countryside - at determined location

Overview

Little has been discovered about the manor house of the Abbots of Battle at Barnhorn.

Its location was moved before 1305 from a site to the E named 'Old Town field' to the present site of Barnhorn Manor Farm, a 2-storey house with flint facing and a tile roof (Brandon, 'Barnhorne' 70).

Performance History

One payment for entertainers of the Duke of Gloucester is recorded in the Battle abbots' accounts at Barnhorn ca. 1478--82.

Current Status

Uncertain.

History of the Venue

before 1273 Barnhorn constituted as a manor, in the possession of Battle Abbey (VCH: Sussex 9.118).

1539 Granted to Sir Anthony Browne after the dissolution of Battle Abbey.

Record Source

REED Sussex 184

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Brandon, P.F. 'Agriculture and the Effects of Floods and Weather at Barnhorne, Sussex, during the Late Middle Ages.' Sussex Archaeological Collections 109 (1971): 69–93.
  • Salzman, L.F., C.R.J. Currie and T.P. Hudson. The Victoria History of the County of Sussex. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 8 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1905–7 [vols 1–2], 1935 [3], 1953 [4], 1997 [5], 1980–7 [6], 1940 [7], 1937 [9].