[2] Later in 1073 William de Braose had rights of free warren in the area and his family held 38 manors in Sussex.

The staff consisted of a housekeeper, cook, 14 servants, lady's maid, steward, under butler, 2 toolman and coachman John Taylor (who lived with his wife in one of the lodges).

[1] The east side was squared off by removing a single-storey building and enlarging it by five window bays with bedrooms located above.

The work was done with taste and restraint, making it a good example of a Victorian attempt to recreate early Jacobean style.

[11] The staff was reduced during World War I and Colonel Ulric Oliver Thynne was assigned to command the Royal Wilshire Yeomanry.

[13] In the first part of the 20th century a pair of wrought-iron gates from Seville Cathedral were installed at the East Lodge entrance, thought to have been plundered in 1812 during the Peninsular War.

It was advertised in Country Life magazine by John D Wood & Co. as appropriate for use as a school or a nursing home, but no suitable buyer was found and the estate measuring about 1,025 acres (415 ha) was split up.

[13] The gardens used to feature great arcaded topiary hedges[18] on the east side of the house and along the main entrance drive to the north.

[13] Conifers from the Americas, as well as cedars, Contimental pines, Araucaria araucana and weeping beech, were among the mature trees planted by the previous generations.

An elaborate design of dwarf box hedges radiated out from the centre with gravelled walkways meandering through beds of seasonal flowers and agaves.

[13] The gardens have changed little in the first part of the 20th century following the death of Lady Ulric Thynne[13] but have since been flattened to make way for the crematorium.

At the time ice houses were not used for storing food due to insufficient size, but rather for cooling drinks and producing cold confections.