Rye Farm
14th century Rye Farm sits close to the river Adur. The fields on either side of the Adur are known as "the Brooks" on account of the regular flooding of the river over those fields each winter. Rye Farm was regularly flooded, so much so that the owners used to raise their ground floor furniture on bricks and blocks while the flooding lasted. The last-but-one owner put an end to this by building a dam around the farmhouse, and Rye Farm floods no longer. All but one of the five photographs shown here were taken in 2015. Knowing Peter, the then owner, I knocked on the door with a request to photograph and was welcome to walk around the farmhouse and garden to take the pictures.
The 1841 occupant of Rye Farm was 45-year old Samuel Saunders, an agricultural labourer. In 1851 the farmer at Rye, with 120 acres and employing five men and a boy, was John Burtenshaw, who lived there with wife Ann, born in Church Stretton in Shropshire. In 1901 the farmhouse was unoccupied.
The farm is reached by going along Nep Town Road until it becomes Dropping Holms, then continuing drown Dropping Holmes until the tarmac road ends in two unmade roads. The left-hand unmade road leads along the brooks to Rye Farm.
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Rye Farm 1: This photograph was taken at some distance from the end of the drive that leads to the house - in 2005.
Rye Farm 2: This is the front of the house.
Rye Farm 3: I walked around the top of the grassy bank which now surrounds the farmhouse, and took this shot over the lake to the back of the house and garden.
Rye Farm 4: This was taken from the edge of the lake and shows the back of the farmhouse.
Rye Farm 5: This photograph was taken from the drive, looking towards the front of the house.
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Rye Farm signposts: A quick shots of the signposts showing the way to Rye Farm and Rye House at the junction of Hollands Lane, Lower Station Road and the lane to the farm. Taken in January 2017.
The 1841 occupant of Rye Farm was 45-year old Samuel Saunders, an agricultural labourer. In 1851 the farmer at Rye, with 120 acres and employing five men and a boy, was John Burtenshaw, who lived there with wife Ann, born in Church Stretton in Shropshire. In 1901 the farmhouse was unoccupied.
The farm is reached by going along Nep Town Road until it becomes Dropping Holms, then continuing drown Dropping Holmes until the tarmac road ends in two unmade roads. The left-hand unmade road leads along the brooks to Rye Farm.
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Rye Farm 1: This photograph was taken at some distance from the end of the drive that leads to the house - in 2005.
Rye Farm 2: This is the front of the house.
Rye Farm 3: I walked around the top of the grassy bank which now surrounds the farmhouse, and took this shot over the lake to the back of the house and garden.
Rye Farm 4: This was taken from the edge of the lake and shows the back of the farmhouse.
Rye Farm 5: This photograph was taken from the drive, looking towards the front of the house.
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Rye Farm signposts: A quick shots of the signposts showing the way to Rye Farm and Rye House at the junction of Hollands Lane, Lower Station Road and the lane to the farm. Taken in January 2017.
