East Lavington
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| East Lavington | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 East Lavington House and Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU946162 |
| Location: | 50°56’17"N, 0°39’17"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 273 (2011) |
| Post town: | Petworth |
| Postcode: | GU28 |
| Dialling code: | 01798 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Chichester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Chichester |
| Website: | http://www.eastlavingtonpc.org.uk/ |
East Lavington, formerly Woolavington, is a village in Sussex, found four miles) south of Petworth, west of the A285 road.
The parish of Woolavington formerly had West Lavington as an exclave.[1]
The parish is dominated by Seaford College, a private school which owns 400 acres. The main school building, previously Lavington Park country house, is a Grade II* listed building.[2] St Peter's parish church, also Grade II* listed, has become the school chapel.
An Elizabethan manor house was built at "Woolavington" in 1587. The old house at Lavington Park is long demolished, but the 1587 building contract described how the chimneys, windows, and corner quoins should be made "verie artyficiallie and conninglie".[3]
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References
- ↑ West Lavington: Victoria County History
- ↑ National Heritage List 1232490: Lavington Park / Seaford College
- ↑ Howard, Maurice: 'The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England' (Yale, 2007), p. 108.
