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Payton Drive, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9UU

A Grade II listed building. The east front carries the date 1566.

Hammonds Place was built in the 16th century. The original building was damaged by fire and it was subsequently rebuilt & added to. It was never a working farm though. Hammonds Farm was originally owned by Little Hammonds Farm House, which is situated opposite Hammonds Place tucked in just behind the barn you can see on the right. Little Hammonds Farm House (now known as Little Hammonds) dates back to the 1590's (extended in the early 1900's). The working farm was sold to developers Wates in the mid 1960's and subsequently developed in the late 1980's / early 1990's (Hammonds Ridge housing estate, Tesco, etc). In between outbuildings were used by Hammonds Place amongst others. Stabling and a large milking yard originally adjoined the house on the North Westerly corner. The barn in the picture was originally also part of the farm, it was developed into a residential dwelling in the late 1990's. Information kindly provided by Craig Maddock.

A short cycle lane/path, linking Victoria Gardens and London Road.

One of the major routes linking several small business parks, and industrial estates, to the west of Burgess Hill town centre. A public footpath also passes along this road, suggesting that a path existed prior to the construction of the estates.

With cycleway leading to Victoria Gardens and Albert Drive.

The OS maps this as Victoria Close.

A relatively modern development, to the north of Station Road.

In fact the building is nearly 25 years old, at the time of construction the roof was built on the floor and gradually raised, making it the largest expanse of roof built in this manner in Europe. The roof has skylight shutters which were rain sensitive and closed instantly at the first drop of rain.