The Ruins Of Brambletye House

FOREST ROW LONDON ROAD 1. 5208 The Ruins of Brambletye House TQ 43 NW 4/20 26.11.53 II* 2. Remains of a mansion built by Sir Henry Compton in the reign of James I. The ruins consist principally of 3 towers of 3 storeys each standing now unattached to each other. Ashlar. The west tower is surmounted by an ogee-shaped cupola with finial. The centre one, which was the entrance porch with rooms above it, has the date 1631 in a lozenge above the second floor window; a 4-centre archway with carved spandrels and dripstone over; cartouche above this with cornice above it which is carried up to form an ogee. The east tower is plain with one window on each floor. All windows have stone mullions. The windows in the west tower still retain their glass. To the north of the towers is a round-headed stone archway with a keystone and imposts, and a portion of a wall on either side of it. AM

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