| Warnham | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's Church Grade I listed[1] | |
  Warnham Location withinWest Sussex | |
| Area | 19.80 km2 (7.64 sq mi) [2] |
| Population | 1,958 [2]2001 Census 2,068 (2011 Census)[3] |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ158337 |
| • London | 30 miles (48 km)NNE |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HORSHAM |
| Postcode district | RH12 |
| Dialling code | 01403 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.warnham.info/ |
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Warnham is avillage andcivil parish in theHorsham district ofWest Sussex, England. The village is centred 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest ofHorsham, 31 miles (50 km) from London, to the west of theA24 road.[4] The parish is in the north-west of theWeald.
TheAnglicanparish church, dedicated to St Margaret was built in the 14th century, but contains later additions.[5] St Margaret's contains monuments belonging to at least three influential families: theDurford, theLucas and theShelley family.[1]
Named settlements within the parish include thehamlets of Goosegreen, Kingsfold and Winterfold as well as parts of Strood Green and Rowhook. The area is in the north-west of theWeald, a sloped remnant forest in south-east England and largely aplain byerosion.
The parish land area is 1980 hectares (4892 acres). In the 2001 census 1958 people lived in 784 households, of whom 935 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 2,068.[3]
Formerly Hollands Manor,[6]Warnham Court built inashlar was built for HenryTredcroft in 1828. Warnham Court School until August 1996[7] occupied the building, set in the listed Warnham Park immediately southeast of the village, with extensions and outbuildings by architectArthur William Blomfield and his son Sir Arthur Blomfield.[n 1]
The park grounds were laid out from the early 1830s, developed in the mid- and late 19th century by the landscape designer Henry,[n 2] and later with apinetum byHarry J. Veitch. Extended with a wild garden in the early 20th century, the gardens are surrounded by a 19th-century park.
The early 19th-century poet andRomanticistPercy Bysshe Shelley, husband ofMary Shelley was born atGrade I listedField Place, a broad-fronted country house set on an estate/working farm, and was baptised there in 1792.[8] A cousin wasThomas Medwin.[9]
Kingsfold is the northern settlement on theA24 and Marches Road 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north ofHorsham.[4] The village lies close to theSurrey border just south of site of the medievalShiremark Mill, also known asCapel Mill andKingsfold Mill which is 20 metres north of the border inCapel. The village has onepub,The Owl.
Goosegreen consists of a small group of farms and cottages between Warnham andBroadbridge Heath and includes four Grade IIlisted buildings.[n 3] To the south of the hamlet is a cricket ground, home to the Broadbridge Heath Cricket Club, and tennis courts. Most of the houses are owned or were formerly owned by the Warnham Park Estate, whose offices are at Bailing Hill Farm. The artistJoan Eardley was born at Bailing Hill Farm on 18 May 1921; the family moved to Blackheath in 1926 and then to Scotland in 1939, where she was active for the remainder of her career.
Rowhook is ahamlet on theBroadbridge Heath toEwhurst, Surrey road 3 miles (5 km) northwest ofHorsham.[4] Rowhook lies on a junction of two Roman roads, one beingStane Street (Chichester), the other an unnamed road which runs to the top of "Hurtwood" on theGreensand Ridge in Ewhurst.
From the junction of the A29 and the A281 to the south,[n 4] the course of Stane Street passes through Waterland Farm, becomes a lane which joins the Rowhook Road next to theChequers Inn, a Grade II listed building,[n 5] and continues in a northeasterly direction towards Ockley in Surrey, where it once again joins the A29.
While divided by the parish boundaries of Warnham,Slinfold andRudgwick, the majority of the hamlet and in particular, Rowhook Manor,[15] which is a Grade II listed building of early medieval origin, is in Warnham civil parish.[16]
Warnham village shops include a village store and butcher, two pubsThe Sussex Oak andThe Greets Inn, a primary school andWarnham railway station lies nearly a mile away from the village, on theSutton & Mole Valley Lines. The station was built primarily for the brick works, which had some sidings until recently;[when?] it provides an hourly service to London Victoria with connections to London Waterloo. The adjacentlevel crossing is now permanently closed except for pedestrians and cyclists.
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