Crabbet Park House

Grade II listed building in Crawley, West Sussex, UK.

Crabbet Park House was built in 1873, replacing the original Tudor house, designed by Lady Anne Blunt, the grandaughter of the poet Byron, and her husband, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, the diplomat, poet, artist, political activist, and traveller.

The Crabbet Park Estate, comprising of Crabbet Park House and The Orangery, situated in West Sussex, UK, are owned by UNICOM Global, following the acquisition of Macro 4 in 2009.

crabbet park house corner view

History

Wilfred Scawen Blunt and Lady Anne Blunt co-founded the Crabbet Arabian Stud, which under their only surviving child of the marriage, Judith (later Lady Wetworth), the word "Crabbet" became synonymous the world over with the highest possible class of Arab horse. Kings and commoners alike made their way to the Stud in Sussex, and there is scarcely a country where Arabians are bred that does not rely on Crabbet blood. Lady Anne was the daughter of Ada Lovelace who is credited with being the world’s first computer programmer, with a computer programming language (Ada) named after her – this is still in use by the United States Department of Defense.
crabbet park house side view

Grade II Listed

Since 1962, Crabbet Park House has been a Grade II Listed building, which is of the highest protection and makes up only 5 – 6 % of all listed buildings within England. During the 1960's the house was converted into flats, then tenanted until about 1980. In 1985 it was restored and converted into offices, by Macro 4.

Macro 4 Limited Crabbet Park House Turners Hill Road Worth Crawley West Sussex, RH10 4SS United Kingdom

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