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Although Bridge Cottage was not built until after 1840 it was constructed in an style that had evolved far earlier. The plan reflects the main range and rear services of houses of the late 17th century, but with two storeys throughout. The house is flint walled but rendered to give the appearance of higher status. The rendered elevations are marked to appear as ashlar. It has a slate roof hipped on each side and rising to a central point. There is a central entry and stair. The front rooms are wider than those at the rear. It is possible that the original partition wall in the western room has been removed to provide living and 'service' areas. The eastern rooms on the ground and first floor were originally heated, but there is an eccentric flue arrangement, which serves the first floor hearth and ground floor fireplace in the south-west corner, which may have been repositioned. A possible explanation for these features is that the original kitchen services included the whole of the rear of the property, but a later alteration enlarged the western room, and resited the ground 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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Modern houses have now replaced the earlier Sole Cottages which can just be seen next to Bridge Cottage in this detail from a postcard of c1920. The cottages probably derive their name from the Soal Field which lay on the opposite side of the road, but with time the spelling has been adapted to appear more familiar. |
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