Farmhouses

NOTES: This farmhouse which probably dates from the 19th century or earlier, was adopted by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in 1916 as their country retreat. It became a hub for the Bloomsbury circle and together with other artists they decorated the walls, doors and furniture between 1916-1939.

NOTES: Bayleaf is a timber-framed hall-house dating mainly from the early 15th century. It has a central hall, heated by an open fire, flanked at one end by service rooms and at the other by rooms for the owner and his family. It was dismantled in 1968 and reconstructed at the museum in 1972.

NOTES: Bayleaf is a timber-framed hall-house dating mainly from the early 15th century. It has a central hall, heated by an open fire, flanked at one end by service rooms and at the other by rooms for the owner and his family. It was dismantled in 1968 and reconstructed at the museum in 1972.

NOTES: This may be Pendean Farmhouse at Midhurst, which was dismantled in 1968 and reconstructed at the museum in 1976.

NOTES: Bayleaf is a timber-framed hall-house dating mainly from the early 15th century. It has a central hall, heated by an open fire, flanked at one end by service rooms and at the other by rooms for the owner and his family. It was dismantled in 1968 and reconstructed at the museum in 1972.

NOTES: Church Farm dates back to the mid 17th century, but was enlarged in the early part of the 18th century by the addition of a wing.

NOTES: This was a farmhouse, dating from c. 1600. It was extensively restored from a semi-derelict state by Freddie and Mary Charles in the 1980s. See RIBA132896 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: This was a farmhouse, dating from c. 1600. It was extensively restored from a semi-derelict state by Freddie and Mary Charles in the 1980s.

NOTES: This was a farmhouse, dating from c. 1600. It was extensively restored from a semi-derelict state by Freddie and Mary Charles in the 1980s. See RIBA132898 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: This was a farmhouse, dating from c. 1600. It was extensively restored from a semi-derelict state by Freddie and Mary Charles in the 1980s. See RIBA155523 for a colour version of this image.