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…
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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
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
Graylingwell farm was officially closed in 1956 and farmlands were taken over by a tenant farmer and, on the 25th of March 1957, the stables were given to the hospital. In Graylingwell’s 61st annual report, the refurbishment of the farm…
Key individuals of Graylingwell Farmhouse
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 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.…