Danny House Book
DANNY HOUSE A Sussex Mansion through Seven Centuries DANNY HOUSE Danny from the north-east, 2012. A Sussex Mansion through Seven Centuries Colin and Judith Brent Phillimore Contents 2013 Published by PHILLIMORE & CO. LTD List of Illustrations .............................................vii Andover, Hampshire, England www.phillimore.co.uk Acknowledgements ..............................................ix Illustration Acknowledgements .....................................xi © Colin and Judith Brent, 2013 Preface ......................................................xiii ISBN 978-1-86077-738-7 Introduction: Danny in Context ..................................xvii 1. Danny Lodge: The Pierpoints, the Dacres and their Great Deer Park, 1239-1582 .. 1 2. George Goring: Courtier, Builder and Embezzler, 1582-94 ............... 13 3. Danny Saved and Lost: Three George Gorings, 1594-1653 ............... 27 4. Danny Truncated: Two Peter Courthopes, 1653-1725 .................. 37 5. Danny in Shadow: A ‘Sanguine’ Jacobite and his Depressive Son, 1725-78 ... 47 6. Henry Courthope Campion: Arcadia and Affliction, 1778-1811 .......... 63 7. William and Jane: The Bountiful Squire, 1811-55 ..................... 75 8. William and Harriet: Castanets and Cottage Visits, 1855-69 ............. 83 9. William and Gertrude: Local and Imperial Service, 1869-1914 ............93 10. The Mansion, The Park and The Gardens, 1869-1914 ..................105 11. The Great War, The PM and his ‘Darling Pussy’, 1914-18 ...............123 12. Sir William and Katherine: Gold Mines, Revels and World War, 1919-47 ...131 13. Danny Transformed: Private Schools and Stylish Retirement, 1947-2004 ....141 14. Danny Relaunched, 2004-12 .....................................151 Endnotes ....................................................155 Index .......................................................163 v 1 Danny House amid its fields in 1666. List of Illustrations 1. Danny House amid its fields in 1666. vi 43. Peter Courthope by Cornelius Jansen .. .. .. .. .. ..37 2. The Danny Estate in 1939 .
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