The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954, and occupied until 1983. It has been restored to illustrate the dwelling of a labourer in the Victorian era.
The building may have originally been a barn.[2] The cottage as it exists now was built in the 16th or 17th century. It was occupied until the 1980s,[3] and has since been restored and furnished to illustrate an example of a labourer's cottage.[4]
The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954 by the Allfrey sisters but was lived in by their tenants Elsie and Ted Jeffrey until Ted's death in 1983.[5] Its garden is filled with plants that were popular during the Victorian era.[6] Such is its size that Oakhurst Cottage can only be viewed by appointment, and by groups of no more than six people at a time.[4]
Architecture
The two-storey building has a timber frame and a tiled roof. The infill between the timbers is colourwashed brick.[1] There is a chimney to one side and a wing at the back.[1] In the quarry-tiled kitchen is a large brick hearth beneath an oak beam,[2][7] with examples of china and household implements which may have been used in a similar house.[8] The bedrooms are accessed by a narrow staircase into the attic. These have two gabled dormer windows with some old glass in diamond-pane leading.[9]
In the garden is an outhouse which housed the toilet,[2] and a small barn with a collection of garden and workmen's tools.[10]
References
^ abc"Oakhurst". National Heritgae List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ abcRoss, David. "Oakhurst Cottage". Britain Express. from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^"Oakhurst Cottage is a 16th century hidden gem in the Surrey Hills". Surrey Live. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ ab"Oakhurst Cottage". National Trust. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^"Oakhurst Cottage, Surrey, England". Geni. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^"Oakhurst Cottage (NT)". Hambledon Village. from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^Greeves, Lydia (2006). History and Landscape: The Guide to National Trust Properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. National Trust Books. p. 281. ISBN978-1905400133.
^"Oakhurst Cottage and Hambledon, Surrey". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^"Oakhurst, Cricket Green, Hambledon". Exploring Surrey's Pasr. from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^"Oakhurst Cottage, Hambledon, Surrey". miladysboudoir. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
External links
Oakhurst Cottage - official site at National Trust
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