Timber Cottage at Nutbourne, West Sussex

When	What
1930s	Timber Cottage built as a single-floor dwelling as the northernmost property on the Lower Nash estate.
Mid 1970s	Occupied by Ernie Jane, a retired local herdsman and his wife Margaret, until her death in 1980. Mr. Jane, a colourful local character, continued to occupy the ramshackle house until 1985.
1986-1996	The original timber building was replaced by a modern brick-built bungalow. A vehicular entrance was added and the first owners were Pat and Ian Mackinnon and their two sons.
1996-on	Home to Sue and Jim Noble

The original Timber Cottage. As its name implies a timber-built single-storey structure that was built between the two world wars.

The original Timber Cottage - a single storey timber-built house with limited access.
The picture is probably from the 1960s.

An aerial view of the brick-built Timber Cottage, which replaced the original ramshackle building in 1986. The photograph was taken in 1996.

An aerial review of the replacement Timber Cottage, which was built in 1986.
The photograph is from 1996.

Timber Cottage is the northernmost property on the Upper Nash Estate. Our on-line feature about the Estate includes information about the old and new buildings, and the colourful local character who made the cottage home in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.

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