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Description: A fine late 17th-century house set high on the South Downs with magnificent sweeping views to the sea. An extensive, ... more

Uppark ... award-winning exhibition tells the dramatic story of the 1989 fire and restoration of the house and its collections. South Harting, Peters

Newest Review: ... for water, from around 1730 there was recorded the presence of a 'water engine' installed in the village which is recorded as having actually pumped water through lead pipes to Uppark. Engineering historians believe that the technology to do this would not actually have been sufficiently advanced until around 1750. For the "Tankerville House" as it became known, largely the house ... more

... that we view today, we have to thank Ford Grey, appointed First Earl of Tankerville in 1695. Grey was a colourful, untrustworthy character, politician, soldier and fortune seeker who had married into the Ford family, thus securing ultimately his fortun...more

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Uppark: ONE FOR THE NATIONAL TRUST TO BE PROUD OF (3181 words)
by - written on 27/05/06 (Very useful, 888 readings)
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Approaching this particular review is unusually difficult. Whilst on the face of it, this particular National Trust property is a grand country house set in a stunning position, high on the South Downs to the north of Chichester, in some senses the "story" could prove to be of more interest than the property itself. Born in Brighton, I've regarded myself as a Sussex lad through and through, due to decades of "country drives out" there was little for me to discover about this area, at least so I thought! Then on the evening of 30th August 1989, both the national and local evening news were showing dramatic pictures of a large "stately ... Read the complete review

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