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Steyning:
Pretty as a Picture
but
does the old place still look the
same?
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Saxon Cottage in Church Street is probably the most famous of
Steyning's many timber-framed buildings. It dates from about
1550
and is currently owned by the National Trust. This postcard, on sale at
Steyning Museum, shows the gingerbread-house colouring and "catslide"
thatched roof especially loved by children.
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This is how Saxon Cottage
appeared in 1836. Even the picket fence and the roses around
the
door seem unchanged.
Steyning Museum was housed briefly in Saxon Cottage before moving to
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The Workhouse Cottages in Mouse Lane are a wonderful example
of a
15th century Wealden-type hall house. This
postcard is on sale at
Steyning Museum. In 1834,
rioting shook the town as families in the Workhouse protested violently
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This
postcard shows the Workhouse Cottages in 1910, by then converted
into three family homes. The scene is described as "Ye Olde Time
Workhouse at Steyning". The building
served as the town workhouse between 1729 and 1834.
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