Those are gorgeous houses. I never would have guessed the age of your current home, given the Georgian front.
A dear friend of mine who died last fall lived for about 40 years in such a house (called Rectory Cottage, after its original use) near a village called Henfield in West Sussex. It dated from probably the late 1600s, with later additions, and probably had more character than every other house I've been in put together. I absoultely loved visiting them in it, and was very sentimental about it when they sold it in the year before he died.
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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
My house was thatched but not now, the walls use the same stone and are 3ft thick, Mr. Wolf can huff and puff but he ain't getting in as my front door is 3" solid oak (inner boards are 500yr old reclaimed oak)
thought I'd add a picture, not my house but the neighbours across the road
my old house, was a pub late 1800's, still has 'The Bell Inn' faintly painted on the chimney. Part of it was Elizabethan oak timber framed and then update with a Georgian front. We had to chock up the television cabinet to stop it falling over as the wooden floor in the early part had a 3-4" slope across the room
Just found this picture from the 1905
and as it looks now
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