Wings Place: A House Henry VIII Gave to Anne of Cleves

From House and Garden:

As far as ‘annulment gifts’ go, Wings Place might be up there with the very best of them. Given to Anne of Cleves in 1538 after she consented to end her marriage to Henry VIII, it is considered one of the finest Tudor houses in Britain. After Anne's death in 1557, the property reverted to the Crown, then under Elizabeth I, before being occupied by Lord Abergavenny.... One of the few Grade I listed properties in private ownership in Sussex, ‘Anne of Cleves House’ first appears in written history in 1095 as part of the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes. It is believed to have been surrendered to Henry VIII after the dissolution of the monasteries, and then handed on to Thomas Cromwell–though an alternative history suggests it was used for secret Catholic services too. (Read more.)