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Mad Jack's pyramid and the moved pub

Mad Jack wanted a pyramid. The pub had to go.

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Mad Jack's Pyramid

He built a pyramid and moved the pub.

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Stone pyramid mausoleum in a churchyard
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Churchyard; the pyramid is visible from outside. Check before you go.

  • Brightling Pyramid
  • Near B2096
  • The pin is approximate.

An MP builds himself a pyramid tomb and has the village pub moved three miles to make room.

John 'Mad Jack' Fuller (1757–1834), MP for Sussex, built follies around Brightling. His mausoleum, The Pyramid, stands in the churchyard next to his house at Rose Hill. The story goes that, as part of building The Pyramid, Fuller had the village pub, The Green Man, opposite the church, moved about three miles away to Oxley's Green.

Sources

  1. Brightling, Wikipedia —
  2. Mausoleum of John Fuller, Historic England list entry 1232442 via British Listed Buildings —

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