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About Alfriston Clergy House

This early 15th-century Wealden hall-house was bought as a restoration project in 1896 by the newly formed National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.  Through a series of changes and renovations across the centuries it has become this picturesque house seen today in its idyllic setting with views across the River Cuckmere.

The mixed cottage garden is a delight throughout the year with its Arts and Crafts style 'garden rooms' .  The orchard was mentioned in Octavia Hill’s 1896 description of the Clergy House as ‘tiny but beautiful, with orchard and a sweep of lowland river behind it’.  The apple trees are old and rare varieties such as Lady Sudeley and the local Alfriston Apple.