Parham House
Parham House & Gardens is an Elizabethan masterpiece with rooms that have been renovated to perfectly capture and reflect English interior design down the centuries. As well as an historic collection of elaborate embroidery, it also boasts a deer park and stunning award-winning gardens set in rolling Sussex landscape.
Parham House was originally built in 1577. In the 20th century it was restored to its former glories by the Pearson family who renovated the original Tudor porch, the Jacobean Great Hall - built in oak and glass, the Georgian Saloon, and the Green Room which contains displays on the pioneering voyages of discovery in the 18th century by men like Captain Cook and Joseph Banks.
The Long Gallery has an interesting quirk. In most houses they were used for gentle exercise. Here it was used for military drilling by soldiers of the local regiment during the Napoleonic wars. Anyone who has popped a thimble on their finger may like to know that Parham also contains an unusual and fine collection of stitchwork and needlework. In his seminal and well respected book England’s Thousand Best Houses, Simon Jenkins describes it as ‘a house of magic’ and awards it a rare five star status.