2004
This is one of the few remaining c1400 cruck timber frame houses in Nutbourne with a thatched roof and is in a good state of repair with most of its original features intact. Over the centuries it has been altered from one dwelling to two and back to one. at the rear the roof is a "catslide" over the outshot.
The property accomodates a good example of a "working office" that avoids unnecessary travel and the global pollution that arises from it. Thanks to the internet and modern communications this enables the day to day management of a Glass factory several hundred miles away in Lancashire.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 1841 | No 1454 on Tithe Map and included in census. |
| 1870 | Bequeathed to Charlotte Elizabeth Napper by Edward Robinson. |
| 1871-1905 | Known as Marsh Cottage and occupied by Charlotte. |
| 1905-1921 | Inherited by Selina Melling nee Souter from her sister Charlotte. |
| 1921-1922 | Ernest H Staffurth (solicitor) |
| 1922-1933 | William Evans (farmer) & Ide Jesse Evans. |
| 1933-1957 | Ide Jesse Evans & Charles Duke (retired corn merchant). Ide died in 1957. |
| 1960-1969 | David Scott Pitcher, Patrick Tindall Kieth Anderson (Trustees) |
| 1969-1979 | Now named Drovers. Phillip Rosing Jones & Joan Mary Jones |
| 1979-1985 | James Francis Rucklidge |
| 1985 - | John and Pamela Wellard |
Photograph c1910 from a postcard sold by Gochers Stores, the local shop.