Goodyers Farm, Old London Road, Rock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Goodyers Farm, Old London Road, Rock by Stefan Czapski as part of the Geograph project.
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Goodyers Farm, Old London Road, Rock
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 4 Mar 2017
The house faces on to a roadway which was - until half a century ago - the main London road. Joining from the left is a minor road that leads to Thakeham and Warminghurst. According to Simon Carey (who has researched the history of this area in great detail) the farmhouse was built in 1773 and was originally known as Rock Farm: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3486984 As for building materials, the single-storey section nearest the camera appears to be built of the dark but variable sandstone known in Surrey as Bargate stone. The pale stone of the main part of the building could well be clunch - chalk.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.915082
Longitude
-0.403455