Cotchford Farm

Cotchford Farm is a farmhouse building to the southwest of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex, in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in southern England. Its owners have included author A. A. Milne, who wrote all of his Winnie-the-Pooh books at the house, often inspired by the local landscape, and musician Brian Jones, who drowned in the swimming pool at the house on 3 July 1969. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. The building stands on Cotchford Lane, a private lane off the B2026 between Hartfield and Duddleswell, postcode TN7 4DN. It is located close to the Ashdown Forest, and roughly equidistant from East Grinstead about 10 miles (16 km) to the west on the A22, Royal Tunbridge Wells to the east on the A26, and Uckfield to the south. The building is a timber-framed farmhouse, with "L" plan, possibly dating to the 17th century or perhaps the mid-16th century. It was probably originally built with wattle and daub infilled walls and a thatched roof, but was later refaced with red brick on the ground floor, and the roof rehung with tiles. The main block has three storeys oriented approximately north–south, with a two-storey wing to the south, and the kitchen in a single storey addition off the north end of the main block. Inside, the house has a split-level drawing room with inglenook fireplace, and views in four directions but m

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