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| Keywords: Grove House Hollington East Sussex 1804.jpeg en Grove House Hollington East Sussex England Print of Grove House which was actually located within the boundaries of St Leonards although the mansion's outbuildings were within the limits of the village of Hollington Built by the Levett family the estate was later inherited by the sister of the last Levett owner Lawrence Levett who died in 1585 The next year 1586 Levett's sister and heiress Mary married Sir Thomas Eversfield Kt who later served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1599 The home was lived in by a succession of Eversfield thereafter including Sir Thomas's son Nicholas Eversfield Esq High Sheriff of Sussex in 1619 The last member of the family to reside at Grove House was Sir Charles Eversfield Baronet who died in 1785 The Eversfields subsequently resided at Denne Park near Horsham The house fell into disrepair was replaced by a farmhouse and later by a large modern residence with only the chimneys retained from the original building from Contributions Toward a Parochial History of Hollington by S Arnott rector published in Sussex Archaeological Collections relating to the History and Antiquities of the County published by the Sussex Archaeological Society George Bacon printer Lewes Sussex 1869 and from 'A Compendius History of Sussex ' by Mark Antony Lower Lewes London Brighton 1870 Google books http //books google com/books id IrcxAQAAIAAJ pg PA149 lpg PA149 dq lawrence+levitt+sussex source bl ots gQVo6YnWKn sig 5GlFwthBHN6-WqlVObMRJWY3xlE hl en ei _jqxTZe3Hq7ciAKJgIGwBg sa X oi book_result ct result resnum 1 sqi 2 ved 0CBUQ6AEwAA v onepage q lawrence 20levitt 20sussex f false unknown creator of sketch 1869 PD-old-100 Country houses in East Sussex 16th-century houses in East Sussex Demolished houses in England | ||||
