Darkdean (Nutbourne Place Farm)

When	What
1841	No. 1692 on the Tithe Map
1851	Maurice and Charlotte Green (millers loader) and children Ellis, William and Emily
1861	Maurice and Charlotte Green (millers labourer) and children Allan, Arthur and Alfred
1881	Maurice Green (millers labourer) and children Eliza, Arthur and Emma. Notice how the childrens' names change over the years.
1960	The house burnt down. It was eventually rebuilt in the Loxwood area.
1962/3	Nutbourne Place Farm rebuilt new in utility form. Roy and Ede Patten with Brian and Allen
2000	The utility building completely renovated (almost rebuilt) and the old barn renovated as a living area

1910

1950

The local paper of the day reported: Firemen wearing breating apparatus spent nearly seven hours extinguishing a fire at Darkdene (sic), a 17th century thatched cottage at Nutbourne Place, near Pulborough, on Friday. There was a water tender escape and a Land Rover from the Storrington station, and water tender escapes from Billingshurst and Petworth. The thatched roof of the cottage has been completely destroyed and the building was severely damaged. Station Officer D. Mason, of Storrington, told the Gazette that the firemen worked at Darkdene from 11.40 a.m. until 7 p.m. "There isn't much you can do to save a thatched roof," he added.

Shortcut links to the web pages for other historic houses in the Nutbourne area

Atmyres Farm Bramfold The Camber Darkdean Drovers Ebbsworth Hobbs Holly Tree Cottage Lyons Cottage Farm

The Manor Mill Farm Mill House Nutbourne Place The Old Manor The Old School The Old Store The Rising Sun

Cottage by Mill Pond Shepherd's Thatch Shorts Farm Stream Farm Timber Cottage Wheel House