eastern terrace
Eastern Terrace in Furners Mead is an oddity in the village - a row of slate-hung cottages at the junction of Furners Mead and Furners Lane, and a style of architecture unique in the village and rare in Sussex. One old Henfielder told me that the row actually stands back to front to the street - what are now the front doors were once the back doors, and vice versa - and that the construction of the Furner's Mead roads made the change. This probably is not true, but if it were, it wouldn't be a unique event. The pub called "The Halfway Bridge" on the A 283 at Stopham has its back door now facing the main road - which used to run in a curve past its front entrance but now runs in a straight line past it.
The cottages are Grade II listed, and the listing reads:
Early C19 terrace. Two storeys. Eight windows. Slate-hung, which is unusual in Sussex. Slate roof. Horizontally-sliding sash windows.
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Eastern Terrace: This black & white photo from an estate agent's brochure was taken in 1974.
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Eastern Terrace: A photo of the terrace in 2015.
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Eastern Terrace: This photo of the terrace was taken from the corner of Furners Lane and Furners Mead, and shows the terrace on a sunny morning in late December 2016.
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Eastern Terrace: A photo from my 2005 archive.
The cottages are Grade II listed, and the listing reads:
Early C19 terrace. Two storeys. Eight windows. Slate-hung, which is unusual in Sussex. Slate roof. Horizontally-sliding sash windows.
HOUSES 22
Eastern Terrace: This black & white photo from an estate agent's brochure was taken in 1974.
HOUSES 32
Eastern Terrace: A photo of the terrace in 2015.
HOUSES 45
Eastern Terrace: This photo of the terrace was taken from the corner of Furners Lane and Furners Mead, and shows the terrace on a sunny morning in late December 2016.
HOUSES 59
Eastern Terrace: A photo from my 2005 archive.
