Editing Hurstpierpoint (section)

== Notable buildings and areas ==
[[File:Danny House.JPG|thumb|[[Danny House]]]]
The greensand ridge from Hurstpierpoint to Ditchling, is tracked by both the modern B2116 road, and the Roman [[Sussex Greensand Way|Greensand Way]] whose camber is still visible at Randolphs Farm ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 278 158}}) and at Danny's Sandy Field ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 288 156}}).<ref name=":0" />

To the south are the [[South Downs]] and [[Wolstonbury Hill]]. Between the village and the Hill is [[Danny House|Danny Park]] and the Danny Woods. To the north of Hurstpierpoint is a waterland geography which is centred around the Herrings Stream.

There are five churches in the village which are St George's (not in use), Hurstpierpoint Methodist Church, Hurstpierpoint Good News Church and St Luke's Roman Catholic Church, which was closed in December 2019 and the Holy Trinity parish church.

=== Holy Trinity ===
[[File:Holy_Trinity,_Hurstpierpoint,_Sussex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1504117.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|Holy Trinity Church]]
The parish church was a Norman church, but was largely rebuilt from the designs of [[Charles Barry|Sir Charles Barry]] in 1843–5, who was famous for designing the [[Houses of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurstpierpointholytrinity.org.uk/|title=Hurstpierpoint Holy Trinity Church of England - Homepage|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430185451/http://hurstpierpointholytrinity.org.uk/|archive-date=30 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1854, the north chapel was added, in 1874 the south chapel and the north transept has been fitted up as a chapel in memory of those who died in the War of 1914–18.<ref name=":1">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp172-178 'Parishes: Hurstpierpoint'], in ''A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes'', ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 172-178. ''British History Online'' [accessed 20 November 2021].</ref> A number of funeral monuments and fittings were preserved from the old church. The font is probably from the 13th century, but the heavy round bowl has been reworked and painted. In the east window of the south chapel are set fifteen medallions of German or Flemish glass of the 16th and 17th centuries. In the south chapel is a much weathered recumbent effigy from 1260 of a cross-legged knight in chain armour, and at the west end of the north aisle is a much mutilated effigy of a knight from 1340. In the churchyard by the west wall are five tapering coffin lids from the 12th or 13th century, with hollow chamfered edges. One shows faint traces of a raised cross. The pavement outside the west doorway has about 150 inlaid slip tiles from the late 13th or early 14th century, which are suffering from wear.<ref name=":1" />

===Danny House===
{{Main|Danny House}}
[[File:The_Danny_Old_One.jpg|thumb|391x391px|The Danny Old One, at around 800 years, is the oldest tree in Danny Park]]
Danny House ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 284 148}}) is an extravagant [[Elizabethan]] building. It is built of warm brick with a sunny Queen Anne south face and an E-faced eastern front with mullioned stone windows rising to the full height of the building and flooding the Great Hall behind in morning light.<ref name=":0" />

[[Elm]]s once lined the drive to the House, but are now gone as a result of [[Dutch elm disease]].

Danny Lake and Pondtail Wood ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 288 153}}) that embraces it have been restored in recent times. The wood has [[Hyacinthoides|bluebells]], [[Wood anemone|anemones]] and primroses.

===Herrings Stream===
[[File:Herrings_Stream_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1109405.jpg|left|thumb|Herrings Stream]]
The Herrings Stream is a tributary of the eastern [[River Adur]] and runs to the north of Hurstpierpoint. Walking from Cobb's Mill ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 274 189}}) east to Eylesford Bridge (on the A273) reveals wetlands that passes many bridges and lost fordings including Cobbsmill Bridge, Gold Bridge (as in [[Marsh Marigold|marsh marigold]], [[kingcup]]s), Stalker Bridge, Danworthbrook Bridge, Ruckford and Eylesford Bridge. A kilometre from Cobb's Mill to Stalker Bridge (where the Cuckfield Road crosses) you can walk alongside the running [[mill leat]], with its [[sticklebacks]], [[Emperor (dragonfly)|emperor dragonflies]], [[grey wagtail]]s, [[banded demoiselle]]s and [[house martins]]. Upstream of Ruckford and Hammond's Mills the leats no longer function, but can still be made out.<ref name=":0" />

East of Ruckford Mill there is a wooded lily pond ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 296 179}}) with clear water and much [[hornwort]] and [[curled pondweed]]. Between Ruckford Mill and Locks Manor are two well managed archaic flower meadows, e.g. ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 293 180}}). Between Danworth and Kent's Farms the river meanders, and in some places little brook meadows survive. At other points they have been incorporated into larger fields.<ref name=":0" />

=== Local woods ===
[[File:Randolph's_Copse.jpg|thumb|Randolph's Copse]]
On the northeastern edge of Hurstpierpoint there are still two ancient woods. Tilley's Copse ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 283 173}}) is a [[Hyacinthoides|bluebell]] wood, with [[Crab Apple|crab apple]], [[Wych-elm|wych elm]], [[gean]], midland thorn and [[hornbeam]]. The Wilderness, just to the south ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 279 169}}), is a damper place.<ref name=":0" />

On the Gault Clay, south of Hurstpierpoint and Hassocks, are a cluster of ancient woods centred on the Elizabethan mansion of Danny, which have mostly escaped coniferisation and heavy recreational damage. They are damp places, with lovely spring wildflower displays.<ref name=":0" />

Stalkers ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 272 149}}), Randolph's Copse ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 274 145}}) and Foxhole Shaw ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 279 145}}) are rich and interesting at all times of year. Twenty ancient woodland flowers have been counted in Randolph's Copse, including [[Lesser Butterfly-orchid|lesser butterfly]] and [[Early purple orchid|early purple]] orchids, [[Allium ursinum|ransoms]] and [[Guelder-rose|guelder rose]]. There is also [[Ragged-Robin|ragged robin]] and [[Betonica officinalis|betony]]. [[Limenitis camilla|White admiral]] and [[silver-washed fritillary]] butterflies have been recorded here. There can be [[Hygrocybe pratensis|orange waxcaps]] on the narrowing rides of Foxhole Shaw.<ref name=":0" />

Old Wood ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ282 147}}), next to Danny, has been damaged by the whims of past big house owners, with heavy planting of non-local species, including lots of [[horse chestnut]] and both [[Large-leaved lime|large leaved]] and [[common lime tree|common lime]]. The Gill ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 289 150}}) is a coppiced [[Ash tree|ash]] wood east of New Way Lane.<ref name=":0" />