The path to the cottage
This building was probably the home of a landless labourer, possibly a craftsman. It was built in the mid-17th century on the edge of Washington Common. It has one heated room, and the fireplace is in a smoke bay, an early form of chimney.
Poplar Cottage cannot be precisely dated but from the style and details of its construction it was probably built in the mid 17th century, or possibly a little earlier. It occupied a small plot of land on the southern edge of the common at Washington, near Steyning in West Sussex.
Source: www.wealddown.co.uk/buildings/poplar-cottage/
The path to the cottage
This building was probably the home of a landless labourer, possibly a craftsman. It was built in the mid-17th century on the edge of Washington Common. It has one heated room, and the fireplace is in a smoke bay, an early form of chimney.
Poplar Cottage cannot be precisely dated but from the style and details of its construction it was probably built in the mid 17th century, or possibly a little earlier. It occupied a small plot of land on the southern edge of the common at Washington, near Steyning in West Sussex.
Source: www.wealddown.co.uk/buildings/poplar-cottage/