Briscoe, Jane; Martin, Barbara; Martin, David; Whittick, Christopher; (2018) How Houses Evolved: Houses in the Eastern High Weald of Sussex 1350-1750. [Book]. SpoilHeap Publications/Archaeology South-East: Portslade, UK.

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This volume presents the results of the Rape of Hastings Architectural Survey project, which since 1967 has been systematically studying the historic houses of eastern Sussex (now known as the East Sussex Historic Buildings Record). The Rape of Hastings is a 250-square-mile ancient administrative region in East Sussex lying within the High Weald and includes the port towns of Hastings, Winchelsea and Rye. Apart from Winchelsea, the region was stable but not superlatively wealthy during the medieval period but from around the middle of the 15th century to the closing years of the 16th century, saw a gradual upward trend in the fortunes of the region, in terms of both economy and population. The exceptions to this were the towns of Winchelsea and Battle – Winchelsea was all but abandoned after its estuarine harbour silted up and Battle suffered from the loss of the abbey as part of the Dissolution. As of 2017, the record included just under 1800 architectural surveys of surviving buildings both domestic and agricultural. A programme of documentary analysis placed the buildings in their social and economic contexts. This volume offers a synthetic analysis of the plan-form and design features of the houses of eastern Sussex, comparing and contrasting them through time, across different settlement types and throughout the entire social spectrum, with the aim of understanding the evolution of the house as a home in this region.

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