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…
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…
Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT) is thrilled to announce the successful securing of nearly £1.3 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This significant investment will enable the redevelopment of the derelict Hospital Farm Stables of the former…
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;…
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…
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…
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.…
Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT) has received initial support* from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the Marchwell Studios project, it was announced today. Made possible by National Lottery players, the project aims to transform Grade II listed former…