| Summary : Saddlescombe Manor is possibly the site of the Preceptory of the Knights Templars. Extant from 1228-1312, it passed to the Knights Hospitallers as a camera, but was retained by the Earl of Surrey until 1397, and was then administered by the Hospitallers. The earthworks of medieval or post medieval building platforms, possible yards and hollow ways to the south of Saddlescombe Manor can be seen in lidar imagery. These features were mapped as part of the Changing Chalk, Downs from Above Project.
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| More information : House of Knights Templars founded at Saddlescombe 1228, dissolved 1308-12. The property passed to the Hospitallers but was retained by the Earl of Surrey until 1397. (1)
Saddlescombe manor house, now a farm house, has little remains of antiquity, and although there are no structural features datable to the 14th c it is possible that the building represents approximately the original layout of the preceptory of the establishment of Templars.
The main part of the building is 18th c with some 16th and 17th century remains. (2)
This building, now a farm house known as Saddlescombe Manor, is situated at TQ 27221149. No further information was obtained as to its history. (3)
No traces of the Preceptory building have ever been found. It is probable that the E end of the house was built by the first lay owner, for the fireplaces and the oak beams point to the Tudor period. (4)
No further information. (5)
The earthworks of medieval or post medieval settlement remains can be seen in lidar imagery and mapped as part of the Changing Chalk, Downs from Above Project. These earthworks are situated to the south of Saddlescombe and consist of building platforms, possible yards and associated hollow ways. The southern end of these earthworks are cut by a post medieval hollow way which linked Saddlescombe Manor to Saddlescombe Road and is first decpicted on the 1813 Ordnance Survey map.
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