Studying the history of architecture in the UK may not be of interest to everybody, but viewing the physical buildings that are the results of centuries of development is impressive regardless. One of the best ways to do this is by visiting manors and estates situated throughout the more rural areas of Britain, and Sussex is an excellent place to do this.
One of the main benefits of these manor houses is that they have been continually added to by new occupants, and each addition is in the style that was fashionable at the time; a single building could represent architectural developments that took place over centuries. Whilst one owner may have modelled a new parlour on renaissance-era Italy, another may have been inspired by Georgian imagery, and a further contributed a neo-gothic feel to the outside decoration.
This change of styles goes hand in hand with the different uses that country houses go through. In the past, different areas of the house might be given over to servants’ quarters, guest quarters, or even left unused. In Sussex in the last two centuries, whole houses have changed purpose, with what were previously homes becoming heritage sites purely for visitors, or becoming East Sussex hotels.
Sites like these have long been tourist attractions, as the National Trust and various listed buildings across the UK can show. With Sussex containing manors that were built through the ages, and even having structures such as Virginia Woolfe’s sister’s house Charleston to bring the list right into the 20th century, if things like this do interest you, a stay in an East Sussex hotel might be right up your street.
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