St George’s Place

After turning left from the high street you will be in Sir George’s Place. In the row of cottages on the right lived some of the workmen from the tannery and their employer was popularly known as ‘Sir’ George Breach among his inmates!

Walk up on the right hand side and glance along the little passage in this terrace to gain a pleasant little vista ending in an old pump, another reminder of the days before piped water was provided. Go on as far as the footpath on your right just short of Court Mill, once one of Steyning’s four water mills. These mills could not compete with the large companies with their modern equipment and after a spell of producing animal feeds Court Mill finally ceased in 1927. The mill is now a private residence.

Turn right into the public footpath from which you should get a glimpse of the old water wheel and which was made in Steyning by its last local wheelwright, Mr C. A.Woolgar around 1900. The course of the millstream has now been diverted to pass through the garden on the other side of the house.

Take the footpath to the right at the gate and you pass the beetling eyebrow windows, set deep in the beautifully thatched roof of Mouse Cottage, a delightful old timber-framed building which has a builder’s mark dating it to 1684. This will take you to Mouse Lane. Please press Next for the next stage.

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