Dean's Place in Alfriston, East Sussex is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register.

However he died two years later in a horse riding accident and as he had no closer heirs the house passed to his sister Mary Margaret Bachelor.

When he died he left his property including Watlington Park and Dean's Place to his only surviving child Maria Susan Tilson.

Dean's Place was again advertised for sale in 1871[11] and 1878[12] By about 1882 William Reynold Gade appears to be the owner of the property.

[14] Dean's Place was advertised again in December 1893 and bought by Charles Goble Champion,[15] a solicitor, who also owned property in Eastbourne.

[16] After they bought Dean's Place they commissioned the famous architect Walter Godfrey to conduct restoration work on the house, which was completed in 1923.

[17] The couple lived intermittently at Dean's Place until 1935 when they sold it and moved to Woodcock Lodge in Little Berkhamsted.

In 1936 an application was approved by the Hailsham Rural District Council to convert the property to a residential hotel.