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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). 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 | 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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