Jevington Village Hall Trust

To provide a community space within Jevington to be used by village habitants and people from further afield.

HISTORY On 31st December 1846 William Cavendish Earl of Burlington and heir to the Duke of Devonshire conveyed land in Jevington to the rector and churchwardens for a site for a school and schoolhouse. Before this the parish clerk held a small school in the Saxon tower of the parish church. A small school was built high on a bank beside the main street and opened 6 June 1847. In 1872 it was enlarged to accommodate 80 children from the parish including those at Filching and Wannock.  By 1926 there were too few children attending and the Minister for Education closed the school on 7 January 1927. The building was later used as a Post Office and is now the Village Hall. (source: http://www.sussex-opc.org/ParishDetails/EastSussex/Jevington/JevingtonSchool.htm) Today the Village Hall is at the center of the village, high on the downs in the South Downs National Park. It is positioned close to the South Downs Way above Eastbourne in East Sussex. The Hall offers a large open room, kitchen, toilet, flexible modern lighting, piano and garden. It is regularly booked as a refreshment stop for organised events on the South Downs Way as well as for dinners, parties, classes, exhibitions and social events.