Description

1.
1578 WEST STREET
(South East Side)

Lamb House
TQ 9220 1/104 l2.10.51.

II* GV

2.
This house was built at the beginning of the C18 by James Lamb, the founder
of the family which more or less controlled Rye throughout the C18. 2
storeys. 4 windows. Red brick and grey headers on a high base of the
same materials with a moulded ridge at the top. Pilasters of red brick
and grey headers on high pedestals at the sides. Panelled parapet. Moulded
brick architraves over the windows. Large flat hood over the door supported
by carved brackets. 10-panel moulded door. To the north is a late C18
addition of 2 windows on the lst floor containing a double doorway with
large semi-circular fanlight and round-headed window on the ground floor,
also a stuccoed stringcourse. The house suffered bomb damage mainly in
the back part of the addition. Except in the north east corner the damage
to the house itself was not structural, but the single-storey building
attached to the house at the south east corner and known as the Court House
or Garden Room was entirely demolished. George I was entertained at Lamb
House in 1725 and the Duke of Cumberland in 1757. A tablet on the house
records that Henry James, Author, lived there from 1898-1916. Subsequently
E F Benson, Author, lived there for some years until his death in 1940.

Nos 1 & 2, Norman House, The Tower House, Lamb House, Nos 13 to 17 (consec)
and No1 Mermaid Street form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ9204820272

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lamb House at Wikipedia
• Lamb House official website
• Wikidata Q6481033

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)