Wakehurst Place.
"Wakehurst Place, which is a handsome mansion, lies in the bosom of much
agreeable leafiness, about 1 mile north of Ardingly village, and near the East
Grinstead road. It was formerly the seat of a family of the same name, and afterwards passed to the Culpepers, one of whom, in 1590, erected the present house."
Black's Guide to the County of Sussex ..." (Open Library)
Wakehurst Place is a National Trust property with free entry for National Trust members.
Wakehurst is the country estate of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew and is the most visited National Trust
property.
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