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History of our Waldron Monastery
The Monastery of the Visitation, a large, red brick
mansion, was built in 1898 by Joseph Lucas for his family. He built many other buildings in
the surrounding area, and his architecture is very distinct. In 1903 Mr
Lucas erected in his garden the Chancery window and porch, removed during
restoration work, from nearby Laughton Church. The house passed through
several
owners and in 1936 it was bought by the Xaverian Brothers, who ran it as a
preparatory boy's boarding school. The house was vacated during World War
Two, when, like many other large houses in Sussex, it was commandered by the
army. Soldiers camped in the grounds, as they did all around the village,
prior to taking part in the D-Day landings. In 1959 we bought the property
from the Xaverian Brothers and it became the English
Monastery of the
Visitation.
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