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Description: | Along West Street are two of the finest examples of Cruck roofed cottages in Hampshire. This early mediaeval style of house construction is identified where the main ridge roof beam is supported by pairs of naturally curved, matched timbers. These dwellings are over 400-500 years old. In the far house lived Anne Colwell and Sarah, who used to take in laundry from the mansion and private houses.
Southwick possibly began as a small mediaeval planned town which did not grow to the expected extent. It had an Augustinian priory founded in the 1100's and a weekly market from the 13th century. With the dissolution of the priory, the village lost its prosperity. Although little now remains of the priory, Southwick House is on the same site.
Southwick village still contains timber framed cottages, many of them thatched, 18th century brick fronted cottages, small and medium sized and two or three Early Victorian houses of flint with brown brick dressings and gables, including the school built in 1845 and also black boarded barns. Most of the buildings were built before 1850 and the village remains mainly under a single ownership with almost all the houses having dark red front doors.
References:
1. Pevsner, Nikolaus and Lloyd, David. 1967. Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, p. 604-609.
2. Lloyd, David. 1974. Buildings of Portsmouth and its environs, p. 117.
3. Draper, Jo. 1990. Hampshire The complete guide, p. 176-177.
4. O'Connell, Geoffrey. 1984. Secretive Southwick, p. 50, 109.
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