More information : [SU 7403 4063] Neatham Manor [LB] (1)
Waverley Abbey had a grange at Neatham : in 1250 permission was given for an oratory in the grange to be used for divine service. (2)
Symbol for an important grange. (3)
No evidence bearing on the site of the monastic grange was obtained, but it seems probable that it stood on the site now occupied by NEATHAM MANOR and the MANOR FARM.
NEATHAM MANOR, is the residence of Mr. Steel, the landowner. The main range, of brick, probable dates from the middle, or the latter half of the 17th cent.
A chimney, however, shows that it incorporates remains of a sixteenth century house. Most of the north-western range is modern.
100m. to the east of the manor house is a rectangular dovecot, dating from the 16th or 17th cent. Originally it was of very well coursed stone rubble, much of which remains (the whole of the S.E. wall and the lower parts of the N.W. and N.E. sides) but it has been largely rebuilt with brick. There are about 400 boxes, many of them of the original stone, the rest of brick. The present doorway is an insertion the original doorway, in the S.E. wall, being blocked. The structure is roofed with tile and has a wooden cupola. It is disused but in good condition. (4)
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