Introduction
Abbs (1999) notes a 'tennis lawn, kitchen garden, greenhouses and grassland plus well-shrubbed carriage drive.., part of Possingworth Estate and sold in 1907'. Later maps show no interesting garden developments.
- History
What appears to be the site is called Blackboy Farm on the Ordnance Survey 1" map (1813). No garden is marked.
In the immediate surroundings of the house and ancillary buildings there is a carriage drive and walks set in shrub borders (0rdnance Survey 62, 1874). There is a string of pools a few hundred metres from the house. The house is called Brownings Grove.
James Grove, a Yorkshireman and founder of the Fargrove Steam Navigation company, lived with his wife at Brownings Grove from 1910. He built up a pedigree herd of Sussex cattle and moved to Heathfield Park in 1919 (Pryce, 1996). The English Heritage (2000) account of Heathfield Park makes no mention of Grove so he probably had little influence on the garden there or at Brownings Grove.
Period
- Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Features & Designations
Features
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Tennis Lawn
- Kitchen Garden
- Greenhouse
- Drive
- Description: Carriage drive.
- Lawn
- Grassland
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Survival
Part: standing remains
Civil Parish
Framfield
- References
References
- Abbs, Barbara {Review of historic garden sites in East Sussex} (1999) Review of historic garden sites in East Sussex
Contributors
Dennis Cooke
Sussex Gardens Trust