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Sandy Lane, PULBOROUGH, RH20 3JJ

A private road and public bridleway that runs between Hampers Lane and George's Lane. Large houses, big gardens and hedges are the order of the day here.

A private road with houses on the left and a worked-out and overgrown sandpit on the right.

Actually on the corner of Sanctuary Lane and Vera's Walk. Not a bus shelter, as well off bus routes. How is one intended to use it? Inside there is a crude painting of a woman and three children. Inside on the pew and above the entrance is a sort of winged head. All very mysterious.

The name of the field according to Washington's 1839 tithe map viewed from Sanctuary Lane. The field is owned by the National Trust as part of Washington Common. Barnsfarm Hill provides the backdrop. Wapple is an old name for a bridleway.

Once part of the old Washington Common this area was purchased by Vera Pragnell in 1922 and developed as a commune for those who wished to escape modern life. The inhabitants lived in caravans, tents, shacks, even a converted London bus without wheels and lived a communal life. However, as the plots of land were developed so to did the individualistic traits of those living in them, eventually the community broke up and the real estate developers moved in. The Sanctuary becoming a private estate called Sleepy Hollow. The view looks along Sanctuary Lane to its junction with Vera's Walk where a small shelter remains as a reminder of the community. Hamfield Cottage is on the right whilst next to the old K6 phone box is Sanctuary cottage, Pragnell's former home.

At the junction of Sandy Lane and Hampers Lane, the old flint barn has been converted into a residence.

The lane links Storrington Road, the A283, with Rock Road, and for much of its course is the parish boundary between Washington on the left and Sullington to the right.

The cottage is marked on the 1875 OS map and probably dates to that century when the margins of Washington Common were encroached upon, the area originally being known as Pigland though these days the estate is known as the more attractive Sleepy Hollow.