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Monkton House, West Dean, West Sussex is an English country house designed in 1902 by Edwin Lutyens for William Dodge James. It was extensively remodelled for his son, Edward James , in the 1930s. Working with Christopher Nicholson and Hugh Casson , and assisted by Salvador Dalí , James constructed what has been called "the only complete ...
West Dean House is a large flint-faced manor house situated in West Dean, West Sussex, near the historic City of Chichester. This country estate has approximately 6,350 acres (25.7 km 2 ) of land and dates back to 1086, with various royal connections throughout the years.
John appears to have carried out an extensive building programme in or around 1647 (marked by a plaque on the wall of the house) involving repairs, alterations, re-roofing and an extension on the eastern side. A chimney-piece with heavy carving, believed to be part of an altar tomb from Monkton Farleigh Priory is in one of the bedrooms.
The original house was a Flemish bond brick structure of 1-1/2 stories with a very steep A-roof. The current 1840 building is a 2-1/2 story Greek revival structure with a gently sloping A-roof on 100 remaining acres of the original 2,100 acres granted to Robert Brooke, Sr in 1649.
The house is built with cobbles on the ground floor and brick in the upper floor, and has limestone quoins, dentilled eaves and a tile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. To the right is a blocked doorway with a limestone surround, and the ground floor windows have splayed lintels. [6] Fern House
Monkton Farleigh Manor. Monkton Farleigh Manor is a Grade I listed country house close to the village of Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire, England. Built on the site of a Cluniac priory founded in 1125, the house is about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bradford-on-Avon and 4 miles (6 km) east of the city of Bath.