Our new and beloved home, The Old House, in the rural countryside of West Sussex, England.
The Old House was built in 1720, the same year George Ill died.
A clergy house existed on this very spot in 1475.
In 1615 there was a rectory house, two orchards, a garden, and other land, making 6 acres in all. The and presumably occupied the same sit around the house as the glebe recorded later.
The present house, in which live in, called The Old House and no longer used as a rectory, is 17th century, built in 1720, and it is timber framed.
In 1680 it has at least 12 rooms including service rooms. It was largely rebuilt in 1720 at the (then) rector's expense, with a five-bayed, two storey south front. Further remodelling took place in the late 18th century and early 19th century, when the staircase and most of the interior was renewed.
The black mathematical tiles with which part of the building is faced are of that date too, the terracotta tile hanging being that of 1900.
Originally, the entire front of the house was covered with the black glazed mathematical tiling which were used as a building material in the south eastern counties of England - especially in East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries