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The cottage has a tiled roof and brick elevations with grey headers in Flemish bond. There is a lean-to at the north and a Victorian addition to the south. There is one early upright bay post visible inside the central bay. There are sliding sash windows on the first floor and at least one on the ground floor. In 1840 it was in use as two cottages. The central bays represent the earliest build and diagnostic elements (bay posts, bracing pattern, joisting alignment) suggest a date between 1580 and 1600, for a building with an end smoke bay to the north. Lack of weathering on the south elevation indicates that the building once extended by at least a further bay. The first modifications were made in about 1650 when a chimney was built into the northern bay, making it possible to have a first floor hearth, and a lean-to was constructed at the northern end. In the course of the 19th century a two storey wing replaced the southern bay and the frame building was brick encased, sliding sashes were introduced and the Victorian grate inserted into the first floor hearth. These notes have been compiled from survey reports prepared by Dr Annabelle Hughes. The original reports have been deposited in the Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Barbican House, Lewes, where they can be consulted by researchers. |
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Holman's Bridge Cottage, Grantham estate sale catalogue,1943. |
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