Cowdrey Ruins

 We take an early morning walk around these old ruins every morning, the ruins are on the Cowdrey estate just down the road from where our Family live.


Cowdrey House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time. It is situated in the Parish of Easebourne, just east of Midhurst West Sussex standing on the north bank of theRiver Rother. 
It was largely destroyed by fire on 24 September 1793, but the ruins have nevertheless been Grade I listed.
The original fortified manor house was built between 1273 and 1284 by Sir John Bohun across the river from the town of Midhurst. He named it Coudreye, the Norman word for the nearby hazel woods.
Guy Fawkes was a footman here briefly before he became the instigator of the Gun Powder Plot and was later imprisoned.