Ruins Of A College Of Benedictine Canons At Old Malling Farm, Lewes

The ruins of a College of Benedictine Canons are located at Old Malling Farm in Lewes. This college was originally founded around 765 by Aldulf, Prince or Duke of the South Saxons, and was refounded by Archbishop Theobald for Benedictine Canons in 1150, dedicated to St Michael. The college later relocated to the site of the present Malling Deanery. It was suppressed in 1547, and by 1628, the church had disappeared, leading to the construction of the current Parish Church of St Michael, South Malling. The only remnants of the college above ground at the original site are a piece of rubble wall in the garden of Old Malling Farm, which is a 19th-century house, along with the remains of a pointed window that is barely visible above ground level. There are no visible remains at the second site.