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Marchwell Studios: Construction Progress Continues

There’s been good progress at Marchwell Studios throughout August, as our exciting new creative workspace at Graylingwell moves further towards completion.With the main building envelope now substantially complete, the focus has shifted firmly to the next stages of the project, including mechanical…

We’re nearly there… 

After many months, nay years, of planning and hard work from us here and the team on the ground (thank you Chichester Construct!) we’re nearly ready to share the gorgeous studio space with you. Just to recap, the studios are…

The Studios are Taking Shape!

It’s time for a quick update on what’s happening behind the scenes at Marchwell Studios—and as aThere’s been plenty of activity at Marchwell Studios over the past few months, and we’re delighted to share the latest progress on this exciting…

Resilience, redesign, and ready to build!

It’s time for a quick update on what’s happening behind the scenes at Marchwell Studios—and as always, we want to keep our community informed and involved. In March 2025, we went out to tender for the groundworks package for the…

Consultation and thinking days

Poster full of post-it notes with feedback and comments

CCDT is a community led and based organisation, and consultation with the residents of our community is at the heart of everything we do. We identified the need for the Studios following research carried out by the community development team;…

History of the Stables

Old map, undated though probably from the mid 1960s/70s, showing the Marchwell Stables as Occupational Therapy Units.

The Living Story of Marchwell Stables: From Working Yard to Place of Healing If walls could talk, the stables at Graylingwell, now known as The Marchwell Studios would have stories enough to fill volumes. Their story is not just about…

Key individuals of Graylingwell Farmhouse

An old image of hay stacks and two workers at Graylingwell Farm Yard

The Miller Family  Present in the farmhouse as tenants and lessees for a significant portion of the 18th and into the 19th century, the Millers were a family born from political elites. Their ancestry includes Sir Thomas Miller (MP for…

History of the Farmhouse

The Farmhouse as it used to look

The lands of ‘Hauedstoke and Sumeresdale’ (Havenstoke and Summersdale) were bestowed to the diocese of Chichester at the death of Bishop Ralph Neville in 1244 and would remain bishopric lands, surviving the reformation and civil wars, until the 19th century.…