. Vanishing England . m and Inscription in the Mermaid Inn, Rye bearing the arms of Rye and weighing 962 oz., are saidto be the finest in Europe. The chief charm of Rye is to walk along the narrowstreets and lanes, and see the picturesque rows andgroups of old fifteenth- and sixteenth-century houseswith their tiled roofs and gables, weather-boarded ortile-hung after the manner of Sussex cottages, gracefulbay-windows—altogether pleasing. Wherever one wan-ders one meets with these charming dwellings, espe-cially in West Street and Pump Street ; the oldesthouse in Rye being at the corner of the c
. Vanishing England . m and Inscription in the Mermaid Inn, Rye bearing the arms of Rye and weighing 962 oz., are saidto be the finest in Europe. The chief charm of Rye is to walk along the narrowstreets and lanes, and see the picturesque rows andgroups of old fifteenth- and sixteenth-century houseswith their tiled roofs and gables, weather-boarded ortile-hung after the manner of Sussex cottages, gracefulbay-windows—altogether pleasing. Wherever one wan-ders one meets with these charming dwellings, espe-cially in West Street and Pump Street ; the oldesthouse in Rye being at the corner of the Mermaid Inn is delightful both outside and inside,with its low panelled rooms, immense fire-places and dog-5 66 VANISHING ENGLAND grates. We see the monogram and names and datescarved on the stone fire-places, 1643, 1646, the nameLoffelholtz seeming to indicate some foreign refugee orsettler. It is pleasant to find at least in one town inEngland so much that has been left unaltered and solittle Inscription in the Mermaid Inn, Rye CHAPTER IVIN STREETS AND LANES I HAVE said in another place that no country in theworld can boast of possessing rural homes andvillages which have half the charm and picturesque-ness of our English cottages and They have tobe known in order that they may be loved. The hastyvisitor may pass them by and miss half their attractive-ness. They have to be wooed in varying moods in orderthat they may display their charms—when the blossomsare bright in the village orchards, when the sun shines onthe streams and pools and gleams on the glories of oldthatch, when autumn has tinged the trees with goldentints, or when the hoar frost makes their bare branchesbeautiful again with new and glistening foliage. Not evenin their summer garb do they look more beautiful. Thereis a sense of stability and a wondrous variety caused bythe different nature of the materials used, the peculiarstone indigenous in various districts and the indiv
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