64-567: Hangleton Manor Inn , the adjoining Old Manor House and associated buildings form a bar and restaurant complex in Hangleton , an ancient village (and latterly a 20th-century housing estate) which is part of the English city of Brighton and Hove . The manor house is the oldest secular building in the Hove part of the city; some 15th-century features remain, and there has been little change since
128-463: A 5% stout that is brewed on behalf of Sainsbury's supermarket as one of their "Taste the Difference", premium own-brand line of products. Cranborne Poacher (formerly Poacher's Choice ) is a 5.7% bottled ruby ale with strong flavours of damsons and liquorice . Fursty Ferret is an amber ale , 4.1% as a cask ale , and 4.4% as a filtered beer in bottles and cans. It was originally brewed at
192-624: A family business. In 2000 the King and Barnes brewery business in Horsham was acquired. Hall & Woodhouse retained the King and Barnes chain of pubs and the rights to the brand names of the King and Barnes beers, but the brewery premises were sold. The company operates over 180 public houses in the south of England. Blandford Fly (formerly Blandford Flyer ) is a 5.2% dark bottled ale flavoured with ginger and spices. Chocolate and Orange Stout,
256-520: A farmhouse and was still used as such until 1930 when the farm was broken up and the land allocated for residential development. The 16th-century building went through various uses—a private house, a hotel and a restaurant—and was requisitioned by the Army in World War II. It became a listed building in 1956, but it was in such poor condition that demolition was anticipated. Between 1964 and 1967 it
320-490: A fire or, most likely, the Black Death ). A survey in 1603 recorded only one house in the parish (other than Hangleton Manor and another manor house at Benfields, towards the southwest corner of the parish), and as late as 1931 the population was only 109. The tenancy of the manor passed through several families, including the locally prominent de Cockfields and de Poynings (members of which held it for about 200 years from
384-428: A flint house of a similar vintage (1560s) at Glynde , near Lewes . The buildings and their grounds are sunk into a sheltered hollow in the undulating downland, which allowed a wide range of plants to be grown when it was still a farm. The Old Manor House part of the building is a two-storey wing with eight bays and a series of regularly spaced windows (all 20th-century replacements of the older windows inserted during
448-416: A long period with infrequent services. It has been separately parished since 1955. St Richard's Church, a brown-brick building designed by architects Carden and Godfrey, opened in 1961 to serve the southern part of Hangleton known as The Knoll. In the mid-1990s it was converted into a combined church and community centre. Between 1932 and 1961 The Knoll had been served by a combined church and hall within
512-468: A pasteurised version is available in bottles and cans in supermarkets nationally. Wicked Wyvern is a 5.5% pale ale with an aroma of grapefruit . The company also markets soft drinks known as Rio . In 1957 Hall and Woodhouse started manufacturing soft drinks, from 1974 under the Panda Pops brand, but closed the plant and sold the brand to Nichols plc in 2005, citing its key competitors as having
576-425: A ruinous state in the 1980s: the walls were crumbling and the roof had caved in. The potence (a combined ladder and perch), a standard feature of dovecotes, has a distinctive design, resembling a gate. It, like the roof, has been renewed. The capacity has been variously recorded as 526 or 535 birds, accommodated on blocks of chalk. The wooden door, facing north, has a glazed grille of wrought iron . All restoration work
640-603: A site of archaeological interest was retained next to it. After various name changes in the 1990s it reverted to its original name, but in closed in 2014 and permission was granted in 2017 for demolition and replacement with 33 houses and flats. To the north of the A27 is the Old Dyke Railway Trail which follows part of the route taken by the old Dyke Railway Branch Line and takes walkers and cyclists up to Devil's Dyke beauty spot. It runs between two golf courses,
704-546: A slight rise in the fence line as it crosses the ploughed-out mound. In a good evening light you can see the lynchet lines of an Iron Age field system in Adder Bottom ( TQ 253 101 ) just west of the Devil’s Dyke Farm. Round Hill . to the north east, is a special place too. There are signs from a number of periods of human history. There are many old barrows in the area and even the name Skeleton Hovel for
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#1732798552856768-406: A square newel and has candle-holders, and in the attic there are the remains of an older staircase of similar design, with oak treads and chamfering . A 17th-century dovecote stands in the grounds of the inn. It is circular, built of small flint cobbles laid in a coursed formation . The cone-shaped roof is laid with tiles of clay and sits on top of a frieze of cement. It was restored from
832-535: A well-planted garden which the Brighton Herald described as "one of the most beautiful in Hove", but this was lost in 1968 when shops and flats were built on it. The pub is operated by Mitchells & Butlers under their "Sizzling Pubs" brand. Tamplin's Brewery of Brighton bought land for a pub at the north end of the estate in 1948, and The Downsman opened in 1956. A large area of open land believed to be
896-475: Is a golden ale , 4.7% as a cask ale , and 5% as a filtered beer in bottles and cans. It is made from a mix of English Flagon barley, Goldings and Challenger hops, with a pear drop taste. According to a story presently written on the bottle, it was given its name when the Head Brewer drank "several tankards" and "fell on" a name for the beer. The cask version is widely available in the south of England, and
960-458: Is a suburb of Brighton and Hove , in the ceremonial county of East Sussex , England. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; the medieval manor house is Hove's oldest secular building. The village became depopulated in the medieval era and
1024-441: Is given to "nationally important" buildings of "special interest". As of February 2001, it was one of 1,124 Grade II listed buildings in the city. The inn is operated as a pub and restaurant by Dorset -based brewery Hall & Woodhouse . The building has two separate bars, a 50-capacity restaurant and extensive gardens. There are also living quarters on site. St Helen's Church parish records Hangleton Hangleton
1088-613: Is in Hangleton Park. It opened in 1988 and cost £250,000 to build, most of which came from a grant by Hove Borough Council. Local architect Robin Chandler designed the building. The park itself covers 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land in the northeast of the estate. Further south, St Helen's Park is "[the] grandiose name for ... a large stretch of grass" covering 9.6 acres (3.9 ha) of steeply sloping land south of St Helen's Church. A bypass for Brighton and Hove, rerouting
1152-433: Is low—especially in the northwest of the estate, where most of the privately developed bungalows are situated. The council housing is mostly in the north and east of the estate. Most houses built by the council are now owned by their occupiers; privately rented housing is the other main form of housing tenure. In 1951 the parish had a population of 2676. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. Hangleton Manor became
1216-430: Is to the west; West Blatchington is to the east; the parishes of Hove and Aldrington lie to the south and southeast; and Brighton is further to the southeast beyond Hove. The English Channel is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south, and Lewes (the county town of East Sussex ) lies 10.5 miles (16.9 km) to the east. St Helen's Church was first documented in 1093 as a possession of Lewes Priory , to which it
1280-519: The A27 trunk road away from inner suburban areas, was first discussed in the 1920s, but the borough and county councils only voted in favour of one in 1980–81. A route looping tightly around the northern boundary of the urban area, including the Hangleton estate, was chosen. Various public inquiries were held, including one in 1987 about the need for a link road at the western edge of Hangleton, connecting
1344-583: The Brighton and Dyke Railway ran from a point west of Aldrington on the West Coastway line to Devil's Dyke on the South Downs. It passed through Hangleton without stopping, although from 12 January 1934 a short-lived station called Rowan Halt was provided on Rowan Avenue beyond the south end of the estate. North of this, part of the trackbed survives as a footpath from Hangleton Way on to
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#17327985528561408-522: The Church of England parish church , is a Grade I listed building . It is a simple flint building with dressings of Caen stone , originally with a thatched roof , and is similar to other downland churches in Sussex. Lord of the manor Richard Bellingham, who built Hangleton Manor, is commemorated by a memorial in the chancel. Situated in a "bleak and isolated spot", it only reopened fully in 1949 after
1472-471: The Gribble Inn , which was bought by Hall & Woodhouse in 1991. The pub was sold back to the landlord in 2005, with Hall & Woodhouse retaining the rights to the brand name Fursty Ferret . Golden Champion is a 4.5% pale ale with an aroma of elderflower . Hopping Hare is a 4.4% abv light coloured pale ale made from a mix of American Amarillo, Cascade hops and English Flagon barley. Tanglefoot
1536-553: The High Sheriff of Sussex rebuilt it in the mid-16th century. Local folklore asserts that a 17th-century dovecote in the grounds has been haunted since a monk placed a curse on it. The buildings that comprise the inn were acquired by Hangleton Manor Ltd in 1968, and converted to an inn under the Whitbread banner. The brewery company Hall & Woodhouse have owned and operated it since 2005. English Heritage has listed
1600-586: The River Adur in present-day Southwick . A small village gradually developed around a bend on this trackway, close to the church and original manor house . The rest of the parish—rectangular in size, longer from north to south and covering 1,120 acres (450 ha)—was downland forming part of the South Downs ; Round Hill, around which the track ran and which has traces of ancient field systems, rises to 445 feet (136 m). The parish of Portslade
1664-433: The South Downs northwest of Brighton, and consisted mostly of grazing land and chalk downland. Its three main features were on a northeast–southwest alignment: to the northeast, a small village; to the southwest of this, the medieval St Helen's Church and a small pond; and further southwest, the manor house. The village suffered depopulation in the medieval period (perhaps because of greater enclosure for sheep farming,
1728-564: The Ten Commandments ; it is believed it may have originally been a private chapel, and the wood on which the Commandments and other inscriptions are carved is known to be 17th-century. The room also has high-quality late-16th-century panelling and floor tiles, a Tudor-style moulded ceiling with heraldic emblems, and a piscina (again suggesting a former religious use for this part of the building). The main staircase winds round
1792-460: The chancel dates from c. 1300. The last significant alteration to the structure was the removal of the chancel arch in the 14th century. The village was small and largely agricultural: the inhabitants raised sheep and grew crops, especially grains and legumes. Some of the community were free peasants while others were villeins who provided the Lord of the manor with labour in exchange for
1856-569: The 13th century), until in 1538 it came into the possession of Richard Bellingham of nearby Newtimber . He was High Sheriff of Sussex for a time during the mid-16th century. During his 15-year ownership, he rebuilt the main part of the building. Stones from the 12th-century Lewes Priory , demolished in 1537 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries , were used and are still visible in the east wall. Further alteration took place later in
1920-592: The 1540s. Richard Bellingham, Lord of the manor at the time, incorporated stones from Lewes Priory (partly demolished in 1537) in the front of the house. In 1928 the Hangleton was absorbed into the Borough of Hove for administrative purposes (the ecclesiastical parish was still linked to Portslade). At the time of the census in 1931 the population of the parish was still only 109, but during that decade residential and commercial development started apace and continued after World War II. Housing spread northwestwards from Hove and Aldrington, especially from 1936 onwards, and
1984-478: The 15th century. It has also been altered, but an original doorway remains and some windows of a similar age were inserted into its walls during the 16th-century rebuilding work. Originally used as stables and servants' accommodation, it was later converted into farm buildings and leased by the then-owners of the manor (the Sackville family, whose members held it for over 300 years from 1601) to William Hardwick who
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2048-587: The 1680s. It was restored in 1988. Hangleton is primarily residential, but there is a local shopping area near the Grenadier pub and Hangleton Library. A doctors' surgery is also part of this development. There are three smaller shopping parades in other parts of the estate. The nearest supermarket, the Sainsbury's at West Hove, is immediately south of Hangleton. Industrial development is minimal: there are two "small industrial yards". St Helen's Church ,
2112-400: The 16th century. Part of the building was converted into a scullery , several new windows were inserted along with a door in the porch; a grand staircase was added; and the eastern part of the house was given a new roof and became a single long room with three large windows in the east wall. The Old Manor House—a long, low wing adjoining the main building on the north and west side—dates from
2176-482: The 16th-century rebuilding work) with either square or Tudor arch heads. The west end has a gable . Adjoining its east end is the main building, of two-and-a-half storeys and five bays, with a slightly off-centre two-storey gable-roofed entrance porch in the centre bay. The easternmost bay is gable-ended and has a modern casement window . All other windows have hood moulds with intricate carvings, ovolo -style moulding , transoms and mullions . The eastern side of
2240-404: The 1950s, although the population has continued to grow: at the 1951 census it was 6,158, rising to 9,006 in 1961 and an estimated 14,270 in 2013. Hangleton is popular both with families and with retired people, and the percentage of residents under the age of 16 is one of the highest of any ward in the city of Brighton and Hove. The earliest housing was provided by Hove Borough Council and
2304-541: The Ansty Brewery in Ansty, Dorset . The Hall & Woodhouse partnership dates from 1847, when Charles' son and successor went into business with George Woodhouse, who had earlier been employed as head brewer. In 1875, the firm's logo of a badger was first introduced, and in 1900, when a new brewery was built to replace the original, it was named after the logo. The logo has evolved over the years. The firm remains
2368-448: The Borough of Hove in 1928, a mixture of council housing and lower-density private houses were built between the 1930s and the 1950s, along with facilities such as shopping parades, schools and more churches and pubs. Regular bus links were developed to other parts of Hove and Brighton, but a short-lived railway that ran through the area had closed by the time residential development got underway. The spelling of Hangleton has varied over
2432-677: The Downs: the Dyke Railway Trail opened in July 1991 and can be used by horse riders, cyclists and walkers. Hall %26 Woodhouse Hall and Woodhouse is a British regional brewery founded in 1777 by Charles Hall in Blandford Forum , Dorset, England. The company operates over 180 public houses in the south of England, and brews under the name Badger Beers . The brewery traces its roots to 1777, when Charles Hall founded
2496-612: The Hangleton estate around the Grenadier pub is 12 minutes by bus from central Hove; outlying parts of Hangleton are about 25 minutes away. Another local bus company, The Big Lemon , operates route 16 between Hangleton, The Knoll, Portslade railway station , Portslade-by-Sea and the Sainsbury's supermarket at West Hove, and route 47 between Hangleton, The Knoll, Seven Dials , Brighton railway station , central Brighton, Kemptown , Brighton Marina , Ovingdean , Rottingdean and Saltdean . Between 1 September 1887 and 31 December 1938,
2560-494: The Old Manor House were jointly listed at Grade II* on 8 November 1956. Such buildings are defined as being "particularly important ... [and] of more than special interest". As of February 2001, they formed one of 70 Grade II*-listed buildings and structures , and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove . The dovecote was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 24 March 1950. This grade
2624-558: The West Hove and Brighton and Hove Golf courses. Much of the trail across the Downs is on a hard surface. There are many archaic Down pastures in the area. To the west is Benfield Hill ( TQ 261 078 ), a Local Nature Reserve which is famous for its glowworm displays on midsummer evenings. On the steep east side of the hill there is large thyme , autumn gentian and many butterflies. Bee orchids can be also found in some years. On
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2688-718: The area has turned to scrub. It has now been designated for development and up to three hundred homes are planned to be built on the site. Hangleton Library was built in 1962 and was opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh that summer. The building, which incorporates a block of flats, cost £22,460. Before this, two temporary libraries had operated since the 1940s: one on the Knoll Estate and another in Hounsom Memorial Church hall. Hangleton Community Centre
2752-643: The bypass and the old main road through Portslade. Construction started in 1989; the section north of Hangleton was built in 1990–92; and the whole route opened in April 1996. The Hangleton Link Road is designated the A293, and the junction with the bypass is called Hangleton Interchange. The Brighton & Hove bus company run regular services around the Hangleton estate on routes 5, 5A and 5B. Destinations include central Hove, central Brighton, Preston Park , Withdean , Patcham and Hollingbury . The central part of
2816-552: The centuries: ten variants were recorded between the time of the Domesday survey ( Hangetone or Hangeton ) and the 17th century. The meaning of the name is not known for certain, but most sources suggest an Old English phrase meaning "the farm by the sloping wood". The present Hangleton Lane is an ancient trackway used since prehistoric times. It was also used by the Romans as part of their route from London to their port at
2880-410: The church fell into ruins, and the population in the isolated hilltop parish only reached 100 in the early 20th century; but rapid 20th-century development resulted in more than 6,000 people living in Hangleton in 1951 and over 9,000 in 1961. By 2013, the population exceeded 14,000. The church and manor house (now a pub) are now surrounded by modern development. Following the parish's incorporation into
2944-498: The complex at Grade II* for its architectural and historical importance, and the dovecote is listed separately at Grade II. The manor of Hangleton has Saxon origins. At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, it was owned by William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and held by another Norman nobleman, William de Wateville. He was the tenant of several manors in the area, including Bristelmestune (present-day Brighton ). The parish of Hangleton covered 1,120 acres (450 ha) of
3008-526: The former Hangleton Infants School, opened in 1949, and Hangleton Junior School (1952). Hangleton Manor Inn occupies the 16th-century manor house and is a Grade II* listed building. It has been operated as a tied house by the Hall & Woodhouse brewery since September 2005. The Grenadier pub, designed by John Leopold Denman for the Kemp Town Brewery of Brighton, opened in 1935. It had
3072-557: The late 1980s. Various licensees operated it until September 2005, when the brewery company Hall & Woodhouse bought the premises for more than £1,000,000. It now operates under the name Hangleton Manor Inn as a tied house . Hangleton Manor Inn's 15th- and 16th-century origins make it Hove's oldest secular building. Flint has always been plentiful around the South Downs—several ancient mines (up to 5,000 years old in some cases) have been found across Sussex—and many buildings on
3136-429: The main building has a three-bay range and is also two-and-a-half storeys in height. The windows in the outer bays are small and have wooden hood moulds. The centre window is much larger. Inside, alterations have removed some of the original features, but much still remains. A room to the east of the entrance has Corinthian-style pilasters with volute capitals and various carvings, including inscriptions such as
3200-567: The merger of two older schools. The buildings date from 1935 and were built on a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site bought by East Sussex County Council in 1931–32. King's School, Hove moved to a purpose-built site on Hangleton Way at the northern edge of Hangleton in 2018. It had been established in 2013 in the former Portslade Aldridge Community Academy premises in Portslade village. It is adjacent to West Blatchington Primary School, which dates from 1957. Hangleton Primary School incorporates
3264-609: The north of Round Hill is the Newtimber parish. To the north of this part of Brighton and Hove downland area are the Poynings and Newtimber parishes and the impressive geography of Devil's Dyke . Between Hangleton and Westdene , south of the A27, is Toads Hole Valley . Its west slope, below Downland Drive was once a rich, grazed downland area, and it is still home to threatened species such as dormice , hedeghogs and adders . The valley has been unmanaged for many years and
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#17327985528563328-559: The old flint barn ( TQ 269 085 ) is thought to commemorate a prehistoric burial site unwittingly discovered during farming work. Round Hill's eastern slope ( TQ 269 085 ) is the richest chalk grassland site in Hangleton, although it desperately needs grazing management for its many downland flowers such as field fleawort , chalk milkwort , orchids, cowslips, hairy violet , rockrose, crested hair-grass and devil’s bit scabious . There are two rare Forester moth species, fox moth and heath moth, purse-web spider , moss and pygmy snails. To
3392-495: The parish of St Leonard's Church, Aldrington . It became part of Hangleton parish in 1955. The Hounsom Memorial United Reformed Church was built in 1938 to the design of Brighton architect John Leopold Denman . It was founded by the Sussex Congregational Union and Cliftonville Congregational Church in central Hove; Hangleton was identified as a good location for a new Congregational church because it
3456-404: The parish. The Ministry of Public Building and Works undertook an archaeological dig in summer 1954 and uncovered eight 13th- and 14th-century buildings and the remains of the parsonage north of the church, which had been destroyed by fire in 1666. The original manor house near the church also vanished and was replaced by a new building 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) to the southwest in
3520-417: The right to work the land. By 1300 it was "a thriving community of approximately 200 people", but during the 14th century decline set in: the population was unsustainably large, and a series of poor harvests around 1320 followed by the effects of the Black Death meant the village was almost wiped out. Only two householders were recorded in 1428, and even by the mid-19th century only about 80 people lived in
3584-474: The south face of the Downs are built of the material. Hangleton Manor's buildings are of plain (mostly knapped ) flint with some stone and ashlar dressings and quoins . The roofs are hipped and laid with clay tiles, and there are several chimney-stacks at irregular intervals. The complex is L-shaped; the longest (northwest) side is formed by the long, two-storey 15th-century range (the Old Manor House section). A 1925 study noted that it resembled Glynde Place ,
3648-502: The western side of the Hill the gentle slope has longstanding populations of small blue and brown argus butterflies. The tall grass encourages magnificent displays of burnet moths . To the north of the City boundary this secondary chalk grassland continues on Devil’s Dyke Farm land ( TQ 260 095 ). A prehistoric barrow ( TQ 258 094 ) marked that boundary, but is now only detectable by
3712-409: The whole area was built over by the end of the 1950s. St Helen's Church, which was "still entirely isolated" in 1929 when it was kept locked except during services, became surrounded by houses; it was reopened for regular worship in 1949, having been used irregularly (sometimes as infrequently as once per year) since the mid-19th century. Housebuilding in the parish was largely complete by the end of
3776-564: Was at one time a Brighton exciseman. His sons and their heirs continued to lease the manor and farm for several generations.<St. Helen's parish records & Hangleton tax records > This use ceased by the mid-20th century, and all separate buildings associated with the farm were demolished. By the 1970s, it had been converted into a house. After farming operations ceased, the main building became an inn and hotel (the Hangleton Manor Hotel ). Some renovation work took place in
3840-467: Was carried out over several years by a group of volunteers working Wednesdays and Sundays. The work was completed in April 1988 at a cost of about £10,000. It was formally opened by the mayor of Hove in May 1988. Early in the dovecote's existence, a monk—angered by the droppings left by the birds, placed a curse on it. Since then, the building has reputedly been haunted by ghost pigeons. Hangleton Manor and
3904-418: Was developing rapidly and no Nonconformist church had yet been provided. The Baptist church on Hangleton Way was built in 1957 as Hangleton Free Church. It was founded by members of Holland Road Baptist Church in central Hove. Later names included The Vine Fellowship and Oasis Church; it is now called Emmanuel Church. Hove Park School , one of the city's main secondary schools, was formed in 1979 by
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#17327985528563968-486: Was empty and suffered repeated vandalism, but in the latter year a plan to convert the building into flats was announced. Nothing came of this, but the following year a hotelier from Worthing bought the building and converted it into a country club. By 1976 it was a pub called the Hangleton Manor Inn and had been extensively restored. In the pub garden is a dovecote , also a listed building, dating from
4032-412: Was granted by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey . In the 16th century its parish was united with that of St Nicolas Church, Portslade and later (in 1585) with that of St Peter's Church, West Blatchington before becoming a separate parish again. Hangleton and Portslade were united again between 1757 and 1951. The nave was built in the 12th century, the west tower was added a century later and
4096-426: Was mostly terraced or semi-detached. Also in the 1930s, but mostly in the 1950s, private developments of semi-detached houses and detached bungalows emerged, especially on the highest ground offering good views of the South Downs and the sea. There are also some low-rise blocks of flats. Many streets are lined with trees and extensive grass verges, some houses have large front gardens, and the overall housing density
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