Manleigh Hall, which sits on 10,000 unspoiled acres in Sussex, is the 19th century home of Sir Terence Carlisle, KQHB, 1st Marquess of Manleigh, 14th Viscount Manleigh and Knight of the Queen's Handbag. Commissioned in 1891 by Ethelred, 10th Viscount Manleigh and designed by Sir Pericles Gobsmack, it is built in the so-called Gothibethan style...
more »Manleigh Hall, which sits on 10,000 unspoiled acres in Sussex, is the 19th century home of Sir Terence Carlisle, KQHB, 1st Marquess of Manleigh, 14th Viscount Manleigh and Knight of the Queen's Handbag. Commissioned in 1891 by Ethelred, 10th Viscount Manleigh and designed by Sir Pericles Gobsmack, it is built in the so-called Gothibethan style and is considered one of the most vulgar English houses in existence. The parkland, designed by the infamous “Incompetency” Brown, contains a zoo, a maze, a prison tower, a seminary (The Studleigh Seminary for Boys Over the Age of Eighteen) and the Carlisle Family Gothic chapel (built in 1962). The rooms have been restored and arranged by the Marquess. The house oozes fine art, fine books, fine furniture, fine food, youthful clergy and the occasional tittlebat. The house is open to the public on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Visitors to the Hall should not miss a trip to the nearby village of Studleigh-Under-Dureth, which boasts a particularly insignificant Norman-era church, Saint Indigestia's, and an Elizabethan inn, The Cock and Tittlebat, where mediocre food and uncomfortable board can be found at exhorbitant prices.
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