Cowdray House

Cowdray Ruins
General information
Town or city	Midhurst, West Sussex
Country	England
Coordinates	50°59′16″N 0°43′54″W / 50.9877°N 0.7317°W / 50.9877; -0.7317
Construction started	c. 1520
Destroyed	24 September 1793
Owner	Viscount Cowdray

Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time. It is situated in the parish of Easebourne, just east of Midhurst, West Sussex standing on the north bank of the River Rother. It was largely destroyed by fire on 24 September 1793, but the ruins are Grade I listed for their historical importance.^[1]

The house is also known for a series of now destroyed and very detailed paintings of near contemporary events in Tudor England, whose appearances have survived in various published etchings made over the centuries when they existed.