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|image=[[File:The Thatched House, Pinewoods, Bexhill.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]] | |image=[[File:The Thatched House, Pinewoods, Bexhill.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]] | ||
|date= | |date=1927 | ||
|architect=unknown | |architect=unknown | ||
|builder=H.R. Farnfield | |builder=H.R. Farnfield | ||
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His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015 to make way for a new development of a block of six flats but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref> | His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015 to make way for a new development of a block of six flats but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref> | ||
Following the death of Mr Sainsbury in 1956 the house was converted into five flats with over a dozen houses built in the former very extensive gardens (all granted planning permission in 1956-57), but it retains many of its external features. | Following the death of Mr. Sainsbury in 1956 the house was converted into five flats with over a dozen houses built in the former very extensive gardens (all granted planning permission in 1956-57), but it retains many of its external features. | ||
This is apparently one of only three thatched houses in Bexhill (the former gardener's cottage, now The Lodge, is the second). It is a substantial and very attractive rural vernacular style property with an elaborate thatched roof, multiple rustic-style feathered weatherboard-hung gables, diamond lattice style leaded light casement windows, tall brick chimneys and simple white painted rendered walls. | This is apparently one of only three thatched houses in Bexhill (the former gardener's cottage, now The Lodge, is the second; 39 Clavering Walk, third). It is a substantial and very attractive rural vernacular style property with an elaborate thatched roof, multiple rustic-style feathered weatherboard-hung gables, diamond lattice style leaded light casement windows, tall brick chimneys and simple white painted rendered walls. | ||
It is included on this register not only for its significant architectural interest as an interwar cottage style residence but also for its historical associations as a residence of the Chairman of the Sainsbury grocery company during a period of enormous growth in the 1920s-1950s when it was (and still is to this day) one of Britain's leading retailers. | It is included on this register not only for its significant architectural interest as an interwar cottage style residence but also for its historical associations as a residence of the Chairman of the Sainsbury grocery company during a period of enormous growth in the 1920s-1950s when it was (and still is to this day) one of Britain's leading retailers. | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:1920s]] | ||
[[Category:Residential]] | [[Category:Residential]] | ||
[[Category:Pinewoods]] | [[Category:Pinewoods]] | ||
[[Category:Kewhurst Ward]] | [[Category:Kewhurst Ward]] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thatched}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Thatched}} | ||