Memories

The Gorse Fox had a vague recollection, from his childhood, of seeing Herstmonceux from the car as the family made their way to the south coast for a holiday. Seeing the exact setting today, he can only imagine that it was false memory.

Whilst it is spectacular, GF can't see how he could ever have seen it from the road.

Herstmonceux was built as a manor house in the mid-15th century. Sir Roger Fiennes, Treasurer of the Household of Henry V1, started building the castle in 1441. This is one of the first major brick buildings (today it is the oldest brick building of any note still standing in England) and was years ahead of it's time in other respects, with concentration more on grandeur and comfort than on defence.