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In Conversation with Martin D Johnson & Paul Wong
In Conversation with Martin Johnson & Paul Wong of Martin D Johnson Antiques
Talented and popular couple Martin Johnson and Paul Wong are creating a magical home and destination for visiting clients and friends at Foxhunt Manor, their historic estate in the marvellous Sussex landscape.
A long term project, which has seen dramatic yet sympathetic restoration and revival since they arrived a few years ago, now includes a glorious garden selling courtyard where their collection of statuary and antiques for the garden can be shown at its best.
They are recognised as a go to stand at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair for their stellar displays and also known for the many parties and events they host from their home. They tell us about plans for the estate and the business in the post pandemic Brexit era.
Open Day at Foxhunt Manor, Foxhunt Green, Waldron, East Sussex TN21 0RX
Saturday 19 August, 2023 from 11.00 am - 5.00 pm
ANF - We were excited to hear about the Foxhunt Manor Open Day on Saturday 19 August 2023 and would love to hear more about this?
MDJ - We have had many requests from dealers and private clients about access to the showrooms and selling garden. There are many people local to us are who are interested in seeing the grounds of Foxhunt Manor as it has been a closed order Monastery/Convent for the last sixty plus years. We would have held an official opening when the showrooms were first opened but gathering restrictions because of COVID prevented this. Now that things are back to normal, we are delighted to open the showrooms and grounds up for people to explore.
ANF - What is the history of the estate? Was it once a Catholic Monastery?
MDJ - Though the manor house is only 125 years old, the hunting estate dates back to 1042 when it was owed by Edward the Confessor. Subsequent owners were John Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Pelham and Joseph Lucas, who built the current house in 1898. In 1936 the house was purchased by the Xaverian Brothers, who ran it as boys boarding school.
During world War II the house was commandeered by the army, soldiers camped in the grounds prior to the D Day landings. In 1959 a contemplative order of nuns, the Order of the Visitation, took over the house for a monastery. Until 2015 the order was closed and the building unseen, even by locals. We took the house on in 2018 and the story continues.
Continued at In Conversation with Martin D Johnson & Paul Wong at the ANF Blog
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In Conversation with Martin D Johnson & Paul Wong
In Conversation with Martin Johnson & Paul Wong of Martin D Johnson Antiques
Talented and popular couple Martin Johnson and Paul Wong are creating a magical home and destination for visiting clients and friends at Foxhunt Manor, their historic estate in the marvellous Sussex landscape.
A long term project, which has seen dramatic yet sympathetic restoration and revival since they arrived a few years ago, now includes a glorious garden selling courtyard where their collection of statuary and antiques for the garden can be shown at its best.
They are recognised as a go to stand at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair for their stellar displays and also known for the many parties and events they host from their home. They tell us about plans for the estate and the business in the post pandemic Brexit era.
Open Day at Foxhunt Manor, Foxhunt Green, Waldron, East Sussex TN21 0RX
Saturday 19 August, 2023 from 11.00 am - 5.00 pm
ANF - We were excited to hear about the Foxhunt Manor Open Day on Saturday 19 August 2023 and would love to hear more about this?
MDJ - We have had many requests from dealers and private clients about access to the showrooms and selling garden. There are many people local to us are who are interested in seeing the grounds of Foxhunt Manor as it has been a closed order Monastery/Convent for the last sixty plus years. We would have held an official opening when the showrooms were first opened but gathering restrictions because of COVID prevented this. Now that things are back to normal, we are delighted to open the showrooms and grounds up for people to explore.
ANF - What is the history of the estate? Was it once a Catholic Monastery?
MDJ - Though the manor house is only 125 years old, the hunting estate dates back to 1042 when it was owed by Edward the Confessor. Subsequent owners were John Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Pelham and Joseph Lucas, who built the current house in 1898. In 1936 the house was purchased by the Xaverian Brothers, who ran it as boys boarding school.
During world War II the house was commandeered by the army, soldiers camped in the grounds prior to the D Day landings. In 1959 a contemplative order of nuns, the Order of the Visitation, took over the house for a monastery. Until 2015 the order was closed and the building unseen, even by locals. We took the house on in 2018 and the story continues.
Continued at In Conversation with Martin D Johnson & Paul Wong at the ANF Blog
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