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The house consists of two parallel ranges with tiled roofs, gables at each end, with a new build to the northwest. The farm name has remained unchanged since 1492 which strongly suggests that it was the personal name of the builder and/or earliest occupant. The rear range consists of a four bay medieval house c1450-1475 of good quality. A floored solar and services flanked a large single-bay hall which had a moulded dais beam with a planked screen below at the 'high' end. At the 'low' end the cross passage was undershot within the services. There is a fine doorway into the service area. Unusually for Sussex the service bay was jettied at the northern end and compares with Old Thatch (TA909) and Highwells (see Hamsey TA***).The service end is larger than the solar, and although this is not an unusual feature, especially in farmhouses, here the contrast in size is notable. The roof has been rebuilt but all the diagnostic features suggest that it was originally crown-posted with hipped ends. The front-range represents an 18th century 'modernisation' providing a 'polite' up-to-date home but retaining the whole of the old house to use as the working area. This modernisation was probably carried out in the second half of the 18th century, possibly by Mrs Horne the owner at that time. These notes have been compiled from survey reports prepared by Dr Annabelle Hughes. |
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