Aldsworth, F. G. and Hartridge, R. (1982). A Medieval and Seventeenth-Century House at Walderton, West Sussex, Dismantled and Re-erected at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. Sussex Archaeological Collections 120. Vol 120, pp. 45-92. https://doi.org/10.5284/1085716. Cite this via datacite
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A Medieval and Seventeenth-Century House at Walderton, West Sussex, Dismantled and Re-erected at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum | ||||||||||||
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Sussex Archaeological Collections 120 | ||||||||||||
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The village of Walderton lies on the southern slopes of the South Downs at the south end of Stoughton parish, at a point where a tributary joins the River Ems (Fig. 1). The descent of Walderton Manor is known from at least 1244 but it was divided before the seventeenth century, two manors being referred to in 1623. 1 There are no early detailed maps of the area and the original layout of the village can only be deduced from its form on a survey of 1818; 2 the Stoughton Tithe Map of 1849; surviving buildings; and earthworks indicating the former sites of houses and field boundaries (Fig. 2). Only two timber-framed medieval houses appear to survive today in the village, Downland Cottage and Mount Pleasant Cottage, and in both cases little more than the original roof timbers are present since both have been underpinned in brick and flint, probably in the first half of the seventeenth century. A third timber-framed building, henceforth in this report referred to as Walderton Cottage (Site 1), had also been underpinned in brick and flint and this was dismantled in 1980 for re-erection at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, at Singleton. During and immediately after the dismantling an archaeological excavation was undertaken to determine the extent and period of occupation on the site. Whilst this was in progress a field survey of the village was undertaken and several house sites were recorded as earthworks, both in the field to the east of Walderton Cottage and in the field, referred to on the Stoughton Tithe Map as 'Pi/dare', to the south of Manor Farm (Fig. 2). The latter example was surrounded by a bank and a ditch and lay close to the top of the hill. In 1981 an excavation was undertaken on this house site (Site 2) prior to destruction by ploughing, in an attempt to determine the nature of occupation on it. This report concerns the investigations on the two sites and includes a brief account of the history of the ownership of Walder/on Cottage based on documents retained with the deeds of the property. | ||||||||||||
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