martyn lodge & and woodard mews
Martyn Lodge is a large, Georgian House standing on the north side of Church Street and facing Chestnut Way. Next to it, joining on to its right-hand side, is Woodard Mews. The house itself was lived in by Canon Nathaniel Woodard, founder of Lancing College and the other Woodard Schools, and he is commemorated with a blue plaque on the house façade. After World War 1, Ethel and Hilda Dixon-Brown lived there and ran the first Henfield Guides and Brownies troop meetings in the conservatory In later years it became a care home and is now two houses.
As far as Woodard Mews is concerned, the present building was built in 1993 as a nursing annexe to Martyn Lodge and was linked to the main house. In 2001 it was converted into five houses and Martyn Lodge was returned to the two houses it was before it was turned into a care home. The Woodard mews site had a timber frame bungalow on it built in the 1970s which was demolished in 1993. Before that it was the remains of ornamental gardens belonging to Martyn Lodge and they extended around the property on three sides with Church Street to the front. An early record of the Martyn Lodge estate is from 1446 where it is advertised for rent in the Times as a home for a "family of respectability". Aerial photos exist showing the gardens with the 1970s bungalow. At that time it was owned by a Leslie Syde a wine consultant who advised Prince Charles when he moved into Highgrove and needed to start his own wine cellar. [Information on Woodard Mews kindly provided by Tony Grantham in November 2018].
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Martyn Lodge 1: A view from the north-east side of Church Street, just before the junction with Chestnut Way.
Martyn Lodge 2: A view from Chestnut Way, taken in 2015.
Martyn Lodge 3: This photo shows work being done on the roof of the building as part of its conversion to apartments.
Martyn Lodge 4: A view taken from further west in Church Street.
Woodard Mews: A view from 2013.
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Martyn Lodge: A black & white, probably from the 1930s - taken from a postcard.
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Martyn Lodge 1: The façade of the house from a westerly viewpoint looking east. Perhaps taken in the mid-1960s.
Martyn Lodge 2: The façade of the house from an easterly viewpoint, looking west. An earlier photo from the one above, judging by the style and the lesser foliage on the frontage.
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Woodard Mews: The house in a view from late 2016, with the tree in full autumnal colours.
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Woodard Mews: A picture from early March 2017, clear of front foliage.
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Martyn Lodge: A photo from late October 2017 showing the doorway of the house.
As far as Woodard Mews is concerned, the present building was built in 1993 as a nursing annexe to Martyn Lodge and was linked to the main house. In 2001 it was converted into five houses and Martyn Lodge was returned to the two houses it was before it was turned into a care home. The Woodard mews site had a timber frame bungalow on it built in the 1970s which was demolished in 1993. Before that it was the remains of ornamental gardens belonging to Martyn Lodge and they extended around the property on three sides with Church Street to the front. An early record of the Martyn Lodge estate is from 1446 where it is advertised for rent in the Times as a home for a "family of respectability". Aerial photos exist showing the gardens with the 1970s bungalow. At that time it was owned by a Leslie Syde a wine consultant who advised Prince Charles when he moved into Highgrove and needed to start his own wine cellar. [Information on Woodard Mews kindly provided by Tony Grantham in November 2018].
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Martyn Lodge 1: A view from the north-east side of Church Street, just before the junction with Chestnut Way.
Martyn Lodge 2: A view from Chestnut Way, taken in 2015.
Martyn Lodge 3: This photo shows work being done on the roof of the building as part of its conversion to apartments.
Martyn Lodge 4: A view taken from further west in Church Street.
Woodard Mews: A view from 2013.
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Martyn Lodge: A black & white, probably from the 1930s - taken from a postcard.
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Martyn Lodge 1: The façade of the house from a westerly viewpoint looking east. Perhaps taken in the mid-1960s.
Martyn Lodge 2: The façade of the house from an easterly viewpoint, looking west. An earlier photo from the one above, judging by the style and the lesser foliage on the frontage.
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Woodard Mews: The house in a view from late 2016, with the tree in full autumnal colours.
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Woodard Mews: A picture from early March 2017, clear of front foliage.
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Martyn Lodge: A photo from late October 2017 showing the doorway of the house.
