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Old Rectory/Dales/Coach House - all this was once the Rectory and was divided into twodwellings in the 1960’s with the coach house remaining part of Dales, which itself wasextended. The Old Rectory is of brick and slates and part rendered. It was sympatheticallyextended about 200-2001. There is some interesting brickwork on the chimneys. Note also thatthe two modern bungalows next to the Old Rectory retain walls originally belonging to theRectory gardens.Swaynes Farmhouse - painted brick with possibly original sash windows and original door; theonly one of its type in the village.Emmots Farm - apart from the church, the oldest building in the village.Rowdens Farm – a grade 2 listed building. It has ‘chequerboard’ brick pattern on front thoughthe end facing the road is rendered. It retains its thatch roof and original windows with shutters.There is a fine large barn and a granary on staddles.Broadmead Farm - the large one storey brick building at the rear of this property used to be thedrying shed for the old brick works.Hollyville - a late Victorian mansion in brick with a tile roof and largely unaltered.Sunnydale - the last example of an unaltered part cob, thatched house in the village.Church StreetIn some ways Church street which leadsfrom the top of Chapel Hill southtowards Pepperbox, is the mostsignificant in the village, because it leadsus to the two buildings which form itsheart – the village hall and the beautifultwelfth century church.As you walk up from the crossroads youbegin to receive tantalising glimpses offarmland and in the distance PepperboxHill, and as the road climbs gently upand flattens out, these views becomemore wide ranging until the buildings finish and the landscape takes over. The Church is notvisible until you have walked some way up the street – this simple and beautiful old buildingsits well back in its churchyard setting, bordered by trees which shelter it from the wind in thisexposed spot. The remains of an ancient yew tree still stand in the north east corner. As youwalk up from the crossroadsyou pass one or two of the original cottages such as ChurchCottage.121212 12
ChurchSummaryThis tour reveals that we have lost many historic and attractive houses in the last fifty years.Every effort should be made to conserve the features of the remaining stock and avoidpiecemeal degradation by unsympathetic restoration, repair, conversion and extension. We mustalso protect the character of the sinuous oak lined lanes, which everywhere soften the effect ofeven the most unsympathetic recent development. There is a potential to marginally increasethe number of houses in the village by infilling and a balance needs to be kept between the needfor more housing and suburbanisation of what is still only a small village. Attention should bepaid to details such as walls, fences and drives which can have a very significant effect on theover all character, even where the building stock has suffered as it has in West Grimstead.Village Hall13 13
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