Wootton Manor

Approaching Wootton Manor

Wootton Manor is a Jacobean country house in Folkington, East Sussex. The current buildings are situated on the site of a mediaeval manor house.^[1] Rupert Gwynne and his wife settled in the house after their marriage in 1905, and later commissioned Detmar Blow to restore and extend the house and add outbuildings.^[2] The cookery writer Elizabeth David, and her three sisters, grew up in this house.

The central building has been listed as Grade II* by English Heritage.^[3]

References

1. ↑ English Heritage
2. ↑ Cooper p 6 (marriage date), p 8 (Blow's work)
3. ↑ Central Building of Wootton Manor - Long Man - East Sussex - England | British Listed Buildings

Sources

• Cooper, Artemis (1999). Writing at the Kitchen Table. London: Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-4224-1. 
• English Heritage. "Central building of Wooton Manor". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 

Coordinates: 50°49′30″N 0°13′16″E / 50.825°N 0.221°E / 50.825; 0.221