Cain Manor
| Cain Manor | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU83493726 |
| Location: | 51°7’43"N, -0°48’30"W |
| Village: | Headley |
| History | |
| Manor house | |
| Elizabethan | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Bijou Wedding Venues |
Cain Manor is an Elizabethan timber-framed house in the parish of Headley in the east of Hampshire, sitting on broad slopes at the foot of the South Downs about two miles from the village of Churt across the county border in Surrey.
The house was built in the late 16th century. Today it is run as a 'Barn-Style' wedding venue.
History and architecture
The house was owned in the Elizabethan Age by a man named Cane or Cain. He originally named the house 'The Land of Nod' in reference to the biblical story of Cain's banishment. The place-name, Land of Nod still appears on the map here. Whether the house was ever properly called a manor house is questionable.
Cain Manor is fitted with cathedral windows and was built with wood believed to be from ship timbers dating before the Elizabethan era. The building, pre-dating 1840, is among a very small number not to be a listed building (almost unique for a surviving Elizabethan building).
The history of the house is poorly documented. The name 'Cain' may derive from a manorial owner, and it is found that in the latter part of the thirteenth century nearby Broxhead manor was held from Baldwin de Calne.[1]
Use
The building is owned by Bijou Wedding Venues and is used to host weddings and other events.
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 3 pp 51-55: Parishes: Headley (Victoria County History)
- Cain Manor: Bijou Wedding Venues (2009)