Dale Park

Dale Park was an English country house in Madehurst, West Sussex.

In 1780 Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet created Dale Park near Madehurst by buying up separate pieces of land and joining them together into an estate. He married Sophia Montagu, daughter of Admiral John Montagu and Sophia Wroughton, on 20 December 1782. The lived in Madehurst Lodge during the 1780s whilst their new house was constructed by the architect Joseph Bonomi. The house is thought to have still been under construction in 1791.

In 1802 John Abel Smith who was a financier and politician, was born here. He was the elder son of John Smith (1767–1842) who was an MP.

It was also the birthplace of the writer Theodora Elizabeth Lynch in 1813. She was the daughter of Mary Ann and Arthur Foulks. Foulks owned 400 slaves and a sugar plantation in Jamaica.

The house was demolished circa 1960.

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