Wealden Times | WT163 | September 2015 | Education supplement inside

Top & above right: A small rug in the sitting room conceals the entrance to the
cellar that could have been used to store smugglers’ ‘booty’ Left: The hallway
even some of the original people that I met back then.”
Built as three small cottages, the house dates from the
seventeenth century and retains many original features. It
has been extended, the previous owners building an annexe
that could be sectioned off and rented out. “So we have
three separate staircases, which can get rather confusing!”
says Suzanne. There was a fair amount of work to be done
when they first moved in. “We spent the first few months
here making the house warmer – installing cosy wood
burners and Tim has repaired the windows, repointed the
walls and re-plastered inside.” This is a very friendly warm
house now and the nearby church provides a comforting
presence, but in an old property, if you start peeling
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