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Alfriston Clergy House (National Trust)
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Alfriston Clergy House
The Tye
Alfriston
Polegate
BN26 5TL
East Sussex
England
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Contact details
Enquiries (Tel)
:
01323 870001
Shop (Tel)
:
01323 871443
General information (Fax)
:
01323 871318
E-mail
:
alfriston@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website
:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/alfriston
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Admission charges
£3.10, child £1.55, family £7.75. Groups £2.65. Guided tour £1 extra (inc. NT members).
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Discounts
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Description
The Clergy House is remarkable as a surviving example of a typical thatched Wealden Hall House dating back to the 14th century. It was probably built for a yeoman farmer and later passed into the possession of the church. By the 1890s it was virtually derelict and would have been lost forever but for the efforts of Reverend Beynon, the vicar of Alfriston, who set up an appeal to save this ancient building. In 1896 the newly formed National Trust purchased the building for a token £10. The Clergy House was the first historic building acquired by the National Trust. One of the oak beams in the hall features an oak leaf carving which may have been the inspiration for the National Trust logo. The floor in the hall is made of an unusual mixture of chalk and sour milk. The cottage style garden was laid out by Sir Robert Witt, the tenant in the 1920s, and includes many old scented roses and cottage garden favourites. Features of the garden include a 100 year old Judas tree, clipped box trees, herb garden, orchard and a small kitchen garden with raised beds.
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Articles
National Trust's First Property Re-Thatched In Time For Christmas
Summer 2007
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Available resources
House Tour and Tracker Packs
Face to face resources; Guided tour (Resource); Paper-based and downloads; Resource or activity pack
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Disability Access
Braille information and/or interpretation
Large print information and/or interpretation
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Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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