# Ore Place > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ore_Place > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ore_Place.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Place > Source revision: 1276180195 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Ruined manor house in Hastings, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Ore Place | native_name = | native_language = | image = | caption = | type = | locmapin = East Sussex | coordinates = {{Coord|50.879223|0.5847064|display=inline, title}} | location = [Hastings](/source/Hastings), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex) | area = | built = late 16c/early 17c | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = | designation1 = Scheduled monument | designation1_offname = Manor house (remains of), Ore Place | designation1_date = 4 December 2014 | designation1_number = [https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/46617 1002271] | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_date = | designation2_number = | designation3 = | designation3_offname = | designation3_date = | designation3_number = | designation4 = | designation4_offname = | designation4_date = | designation4_number = | designation5 = | designation5_offname = | designation5_date = | designation5_number = }} '''Ore Place''' are the ruins of a significant [late medieval](/source/late_medieval) [manor house](/source/manor_house) in the northern outskirts of [Hastings](/source/Hastings), East Sussex, England.{{cite web |title=Remains of Manor House, Ore Place, Ore - Hastings |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/46617 |website=historicengland.org.uk |publisher=[Historic England](/source/Historic_England) |access-date=31 July 2021 |language=en}} The remaining parts of the building consist of walls up to 3m high and 0.7m thick and below ground archaeological remains. It is a [Scheduled monument](/source/Scheduled_monument).{{cite web |title=Manor house (remains of), Ore Place, Non Civil Parish - 1002271 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1002271 |website=historicengland.org.uk |publisher=[Historic England](/source/Historic_England) |access-date=31 July 2021 |language=en}} ==History== Historian [Thomas Walker Horsfield](/source/Thomas_Walker_Horsfield) claimed in his ''History of Sussex'' that Ore Place was built by [John of Gaunt](/source/John_of_Gaunt).{{cite book |last1=Osborne |first1=Mrs Charlotte |title=Osborne's Stranger's Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards. With map |date=1864 |publisher=C. Osborne |pages=75–76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJxYAAAAcAAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Ross |first1=Thomas |title=Ross's Hastings and St. Leonards guide |date=1845 |pages=51–52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMkHAAAAQAAJ |language=en}} Based on a 1991 partial excavation, the building is thought to date from the late 16c or early 17c. Horsfield also states the building had been used as a religious home, the home of Sir Richard Steele, and subsequently the residence of the Crispe family. The house was rebuilt in 1874{{cite web |title=Ore Place |url=https://www.facebook.com/218155741717952/posts/ore-placethese-photographs-were-taken-in-1986-just-before-the-demolition-of-ore-/597805617086294/ |website=www.facebook.com |publisher=[Hastings Museum and Art Gallery](/source/Hastings_Museum_and_Art_Gallery) |access-date=31 July 2021 |language=en |date=2 December 2016}} and became the home of the Dowager Lady Elphinstone. Ore Place subsequently came under the ownership of the eccentric Farmer Atkinson who allowed it to fall into disrepair.[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000293/19260724/202/0009 Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 24 July 1926 p.9] via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) French [Jesuit](/source/Jesuit)s extended and converted the building to become a [theologate](/source/theologates), which opened in 1906. Amongst the students there was [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](/source/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin) from 1908-1912. The learning centre had 20,000 books and could accommodate 100 students{{cite journal |last1=Grumett |first1=David |title=Teilhard at Ore Place, Hastings, 1908-1912 |journal=New Blackfriars |date=2009 |volume=90 |issue=1030 |pages=687–700 |doi=10.1111/j.1741-2005.2009.01296.x |jstor=43251348 |hdl=20.500.11820/e152127f-ad5f-4c75-b682-bd2ec290904b |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43251348 |access-date=31 July 2021 |issn=0028-4289|hdl-access=free }} and continued to be used until 1926. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) the building was requisitioned for the [Royal Army Service Corps](/source/Royal_Army_Service_Corps) for use as a records office.{{cite web |title=BBC - WW2 People's War - Jean Haslam 1940 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/07/a6070907.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=31 July 2021}} Military use continued after the war, with the [Army Catering Corps](/source/Army_Catering_Corps) records department joining the RASC in April 1947.[Hastings and St Leonards Observer](/source/Hastings_and_St_Leonards_Observer) - Saturday 26 April 1947 The Victorian house was demolished in 1987. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.1066online.com/search/results.php?q=ore%20place Photographs of Ore Place] - 1066 Online {{Hastings}} Category:Buildings and structures in Hastings Category:Demolished buildings and structures in East Sussex Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1987 Category:Scheduled monuments in East Sussex --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ore Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Place) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Place?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.