. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. nsplanted into the new Church. I am exhibiting a photograph of the cottage whichnow stands to the east of the site of the Chapel as it isto-day and there is also a photograph taken from thesouth of this cottage of the Chancel window of theChapel as it was in 1890. It will be seen from thesetwo pictures that the Chancel of the Church and thepresent cottage bear evidences of having been built aboutthe same period. The main portion of the cottage,excluding the lean-tos and the chimney corner, is ahalf-timbe
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. nsplanted into the new Church. I am exhibiting a photograph of the cottage whichnow stands to the east of the site of the Chapel as it isto-day and there is also a photograph taken from thesouth of this cottage of the Chancel window of theChapel as it was in 1890. It will be seen from thesetwo pictures that the Chancel of the Church and thepresent cottage bear evidences of having been built aboutthe same period. The main portion of the cottage,excluding the lean-tos and the chimney corner, is ahalf-timber building, largely filled in with plaster, andmight well be ascribed to the fifteenth century. Thechimney at the east end is evidently of later construc-tion, being built of brick. The lean-tos at the east andsouth sides of the cottage are of wood, and of much laterconstruction. It has been suggested that the cottageof to-day was the original Chapel of the fifteenthcentury. The cottage stands east and west, as a place of CHANCEL WINDOW.(Taken from the back of the Old Cottage c. 1900.). STORIES OF LOXWOOD. 189 religious worship should do, being about 30-f t. long with awidth of about 15-ft. There is within the four walls ofthe cottage no fire-place. There is one in the lean-to andthere is one built out at the east end of the cottageitself, but both of these are built in brick and are ofmuch later date of construction than the original building. From the picture of the cottage it will be seen thatthere are three windows on the north side, facing theRudgwick Road. There are likewise signs of threesimilar windows having originally been in the south side,but which have been bricked up. There are also signsof windows on the first floor on the western side, whichalso are bricked up, and there are signs of there havingbeen a window in the east end in the upper part of thehouse, which has been bricked up, and outside whichthe chimney has been built. The cottage is onlyone room deep, ab
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