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The oldest buildings in Rye are the few of stone, built prior to the fire of
1377. Much of the town was then rebuilt using the timber frame of the
period.
Many of these timber frames have been covered and can no longer be seen.
Social changes, relative prosperity and fashion have resulted in some eighteen
houses in Rye being given a face lift by the Georgians who by using mathematical
tiles and sash windows produced what 'on the face of it' were brick built
Georgian town houses.
Later the Victorians took to bricking-in the ground floor, tile hanging the
walls above and replacing the windows with Victorian sashes. At least one of
these was restored in the 1920s to 'black and white' by the removal of the tiles
and Victorian windows.
Times of economic prosperity have led to rapid changes in the appearance of
the town, not always for the better.
What is original?
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