Parham House is an Elizabethan Manor House at the foot of the South Downs.
The foundation stone was laid in 1577 by the two year old Thomas Palmer, and Parham has been a family home ever since. It is now owned by a Charitable Trust and is open to the public in the summer months.
The House and Gardens are surrounded by some 875 acres of working agricultural and forestry land, including designated areas of Special Scientific Interest. Around the house stretch 300 acres of ancient deer park whose fallow deer are descendants of the original herd first recorded in 1628.
The West Sussex Literary Trail follows the footpath through the deer park.
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