2008

SU8712 : 'Bayleaf' Wealden Hall House at Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, West Sussex

taken 16 years ago, near to Singleton, West Sussex, England

'Bayleaf' Wealden Hall House at Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, West Sussex
'Bayleaf' Wealden Hall House at Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, West Sussex
This Wealden Hall House was saved from the creation of the Bough Beech Reservoir in Kent TQ49674869 in 1969.
Wealden Hall Houses

Wealden Hall Houses were timber framed farmhouses built by wealthy Yeoman farmers from the late 1300's to the mid 1500's (late Mediaeval to Tudor times). Originating in the South East, in the Weald of Kent and Sussex, they spread to other Southern counties around England. They remain most prevalent in the South East, particularly in areas surrounding Maidstone. The buildings can be identified by their distinct front jettied first floor end bays. …read more here Link

Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

The museum has around fifty historic vernacular buildings, most of which have been saved from destruction from other sites around the South East and rebuilt to their original form at the museum. Read more at wikipedia LinkExternal link


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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 29 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 31 August, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8717 1266 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:54.4104N 0:45.6956W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8718 1262
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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