Great East Standen

THIRTY SECOND LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST COMPILED UNDER SECTION 1 OF THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990

ARRETON

SZ58NW Great East Standen 1353-0/5/45 18/01/67 (Formerly Listed as: SOUTH ARRETON Great East Standen Manor)

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House. Early C18 with mid C19 extensions to rear. Built of brick in black header bond with red brick dressings. Slate roof with brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys attic and basement, 5 windows. Moulded eaves band and plinth. 1 modern gabled dormer. 5 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves. Mid C19 off central brick porch with hipped slate roof C19 panelled door approached up 6 stone steps and ramped up brick supports. Left hand side has 2 oval-shaped oculi and cambered door and one off central brick chimneystack, 1 C19 stack and massive external brick chimneystack with a brick bearing the inscription 'W.S. 1768' on right hand side. 2 storey painted brick extension to rear with sun fireplaque. Look out window near the top of external chimneystack. Internally the left hand side of this chimneystack is said to contain a small chamber, possibly for hiding smuggled goods. An ancient site belonging to Princess Cicely youngest daughter of Edward IV on her second marriage to Richard Keynes of Niton and later to Henry Wriothersley, Earl of Southampton who became Captain of the Isle of Wight in 1603 (C W R Winter: 71 - 75).

Listing NGR: SZ5244387056