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Aworking

PAST Delving into the

artisan history of

their 15th-century
FEATURE AND STYLING JO LEEVERS
PHOTOGRAPHS PENNY WINCER home in Rye helped
Barrie and Jo Stewart

revive its character

Ancient documents
relating to the house
reside on a primitive
bench on the landing
alongside Hungarian
miners’ bottles, which
are decorated with
colourful fuse wire.
The artist’s palettes
are vintage finds.
RIGHT The Tudor
house is set on a
road that winds
down from Rye’s high
street to a riverside
quay. The left-hand
side once included a
brick-paved alleyway,
where horses and
carts passed through
to workshops behind.