Sussex Parks & Gardens included on the National Heritage List for England

Historic parks and gardens, perhaps more so than buildings, are a fragile and finite resource: they can easily be damaged beyond repair or lost forever. In order to identify those sites which are of particular historic importance, to raise awareness of their value with owners and managers and to safeguard their key features if change is contemplated, English Heritage is enabled by government to compile the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (the Register may be accessed here (HistoricEngland Registered Parks and Gardens). Today this Register contains the record of around 1600 sites, more than 70 of which are in Sussex.

The emphasis of the Register is on designed landscapes; it is concerned with the more permanent elements such as landform, built structures, walks and rides, water features, structural shrubberies, hedges and trees. It does not focus on the ephemeral, shorter-lived plantings of herbaceous perennials, annuals, roses, and most shrubs. Sites comprise landscape parks and gardens, and other planned open spaces such as town squares, public parks, cemeteries and hospital grounds. Sussex has sites in all categories.

Access to registered sites

The emphasis of the Register is on gardens, grounds and other planned open spaces, such as town squares.The majority of sites registered are, or started life as, the grounds of private houses, but public parks and cemeteries form important categories. Even hospital landscapes and two pumping stations are included, because they have skilfully-planned surroundings reflecting the landscaping fashions of their day. The emphasis of the Register is on 'designed' landscapes, rather than on planting or botanical importance.

Registered sites are NOT open to the public unless advertised elsewhere as being so.

Listed Parks and Gardens in Sussex

The Table below lists the sites located in Sussex (the full English Heritage listing may be accessed by clicking the name of the site).

Site (click to link to EH site)	Listing	Photograph	Comment
Goodwood House, Goodwood	Grade I
Great Dixter, Northiam	Grade I
Leonardslee	Grade I
Petworth House and Park, Petworth	Grade I
Sheffield Park, Haywards Heath	Grade I
Arundel Castle, Arundel	Grade II*
Ashburnham Place, Battle	Grade II*
Borde Hill, Haywards Heath	Grade II*
Brickwall, Battle	Grade II*
Brockhurst, East Grinstead	Grade II*
Buckhurst Park, Withyham	Grade II*
Buxted Park, Uckfield	Grade II*
Charleston Manor, Seaford	Grade II*
Cowdray House, Midhurst	Grade II*
Eridge Park, Eridge Green	Grade II*
Fishbourne Roman Palace, Fishbourne	Grade II*
Glen Andred, Groombridge	Grade II*
Glynde Place, Glynde	Grade II*
Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead	Grade II*
Groombridge Place, Groombridge	Grade II*
Herstmonceux Castle and Place, Hailsham	Grade II*
Hollycombe House, Liphook	Grade II*
Little Thakeham, Thakeham	Grade II*
Nymans, Handcross	Grade II*
Parham, Storrington	Grade II*
Penns-in-the-Rocks, Groombridge	Grade II*
Plumpton Place, Plumpton	Grade II*
Rotherfield Hall, Crowborough	Grade II*
Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle	Grade II*
The High Beeches, Handcross	Grade II*
The Hoo, Willingdon	Grade II*
Ticehurst House Hospital, Ticehurst	Grade II*
Uppark, Harting	Grade II*
Wakehurst Place, Ardingly	Grade II*
West Dean, Chichester	Grade II*
Wych Cross Place, Forest Row	Grade II*
Alexandra Park, Hastings	Grade II*
Ashdown Park	Grade II
Batemans, Burwash	Grade II
Battle Abbey, Battle	Grade II
Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst (part in Sussex)	Grade II
Bignor Park, Bignor	Grade II
Blackdown House, Haslemere	Grade II
Brightling Park, Brightling	Grade II
Burton Park, Duncton	Grade II
Compton Place, Eastbourne	Grade II
Cooke’s House, West Burton	Grade II
Firle Place, Firle	Grade II
Frant Court, Frant	Grade II
Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester	Grade II
Hammerwood Park, East Grinstead	Grade II
Heaselands, Haywards Heath	Grade II
Heathfield Park, Heathfield	Grade II
Horsted Place, Little Horsted	Grade II
Kemp Town Enclosures, Brighton	Grade II
Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row	Grade II
King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst	Grade II
Knepp Castle, Shipley	Grade II
Lavington Park, East Lavington	Grade II
Newick Park, Newick	Grade II
Pitshill and the Manor of Dean, Tillington	Grade II
Preston Manor and Preston Park, Brighton	Grade II
Queen’s Park, Brighton	Grade II
St Leonard’s Gardens, Hastings	Grade II
Sedgwick Park	Grade II
Slaugham Place, Slaugham	Grade II
Standen, East Grinstead	Grade II
Stanmer Park, Brighton	Grade II
Stonehurst, Ardingly	Grade II
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton	Grade II
Wadhurst Castle	Grade II
Warnham Court, Warnham	Grade II
Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton	Grade II
Wootton Manor, Folkington	Grade II