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The Grey Friars or Franciscans, were established
in Old Winchelsea in the early 13th century. When the town was destroyed
by the sea, the Grey Friars accompanied the townsfolk to their new quarters
on Iham Hill. After the dissolution the property came into private hands.
The present house, now a private house, was built in the early nineteenth
century on the site of earlier buildings, and has been much altered. The
ruins of the chancel of the chapel built 1310-1320 still remain and traces
of the cloister and monastic buildings south of the chapel may still be
traced on the lawn in dry summers. The chancel ruins are no longer open
to the public.
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