Parham Park

The manor of Parham, formerly belonging to Westminster Abbey, was granted by Henry VIII at the Dissolution of the Monasteries to Robert Palmer of Henfield in 1540. The house incorporated parts of an earlier medieval fortified house in its east wing. During the Second World War, Parham housed evacuee children from London and later accommodated Canadian soldiers on the estate. It first opened regularly to the public in 1948. After Clive Pearson's death, the estate passed to his daughter Veronica Mary Tritton, who continued opening the house until her death in 1993. In 1996 the family's descendants transferred ownership to the Parham Park Trust and management of the house and estate to Parham…

Historic England describes Parham as "one of the finest houses in Sussex". The house stands near the centre of the registered park and is built of malmstone, Hythe sandstone, Pulborough sandrock and ferricrete rubble with ashlar quoins, a Horsham slab roof and brick chimneys. Its principal south front is E-shaped, with projecting gabled wings and a central porch which originally formed the main entrance. The west front was partly refenestrated in 1710 by Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 5th Baronet. The main entrance was moved to the north side in about 1830–40, where a two-storey porch added in 1870 faces the Fountain Court. The house underwent alterations in 1705 and further work in the mid and late…

The feature film Haunted (1995), directed by Lewis Gilbert, was shot on location at Parham Park. Featured in Keeping Up Appearances as the location of Hyacinth and Richard's country apartment, in Series 3.