A 14th-century hall in deepest Sussex lovingly turned into a B&B by a chatty Manhattanite makes a nearly perfect bolthole
'Welcome to our swish bed and breakfast in a 14th c. hall house overlooking the Sussex Weald. Oh my!" says Pelham Hall's website. I'm a sucker for cool graphics and a chatty tone. Time to drive into deepest, eastest Sussex. Burwash is a delightful cluster of houses-through-the-ages with 21st-century traffic easing its way through the narrow high street.
I'm half-expecting someone in doublet and hose to answer the door of the timbered house, but no, Matthew Fox is in jeans and stripy socks. Grasping my bag, he chitter-chatters me through the hall. I can guess who wrote that home-page text, and the "Oh my!" is explained by Matthew being from Manhattan.
