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Dial Post House
Dial Post House dated back to 1712 and had a 18th century brick front. At least three other buildings were timber framed. In 1811 Dial Post house was offered for sale. Dial Post Poor House
In 1763, Merrik Burrell, Lord of West Grinstead Manor, leased to the parish officers a newly built house south of Dial Post for use as a Poor House. Dial Post Village Hall
The wooden village hall at Dial Post was opened in 1934. In 1979 it was in poor condition and little used. By 1982 there were one or two clubs or societies that used the hall. The village hall has been renovated and is now in excellent condition. It is available for hire for many types of functions.
Parish Council meetings are held here at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of the following months - January, June, and October at Dial Post and the rest of the months were at Partridge Green Village Hall.
Dial Post Bingo Club: held on alternate Fridays in the Village Hall starting at 7.30pm.
Dial Post Short Mat Bowls Club: held on Thursday evenings, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.
Whist Drive held every Saturday starting at 7.30pm.
Dial Post Farm
In 1710 Dial Post Farm comprised of 300 acres when it was leased for 21 years. The Burrell family bought other land in the parish including Dial Post Farm in 1811. By 1840, Sir Charles Burrell's estate comprised of over 2600 acres within the parish, of which 796 acres were kept in hand and most of the rest being let in 19 farms of less than 100 acres. In 1982 only 75 acres, of Dial Post Farms 475 acres, was not pasture land. Cattle were raised for milk, which was sent to London. There was a milk carrier in the parish in 1938. Friesians were kept at Dial Post Farm between 1946 and 1982. Young stock was being exported to France. Turkeys were being fattened on a farm south of Dial Post in the early 1980's. Late in the 16th century Dial Post was mainly arable land that included wheat, rye, oats, peas, tares, flax and hemp. Dial Post School
Dial Post School was built in 1864. In 1870 it became a church school that took boys, girls and infants. It was situated by the road to Shipley and was rented from the Burrell family. In 1873 it had 58 pupils. The average attendance was 43 in 1895, 53 in 1910, 41 in 1927 and 38 in 1938. The School closed in 1966 and was later demolished. 16 of the remaining pupils were transfered to Shipley C of E School. The School was also used as a place of worship and became licensed in 1869. It seated 100 in 1884. In 1903 it was used only in the summer for monthly communion. Services were held in the afternoons in 1907. The school was still used for services in the 1960's. After the schools closure in 1966, the services were held in the village hall and later moved to another building. Bentons Place
Built in 1369. Originally called Taverners Hall and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Belonged to Anne Boleyn. It was used as an escape house in the Great Plague. There is a secret passage from the library to the kitchen store. Mass was celebrated in the cellar while a look out was kept at the ground floor. |
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