Comin' thro' the Rye

    Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex, has been home to at least three writers: Henry James, E.F. Benson, and Rumer Godden who leased the house from the National Trust for five years from1968.

    "[It] was a house with a considerable writing tradition. Although few traces of Henry James were left, Rumer used his writing room and rather enjoyed showing visitors round. She was asked one day if she knew Rumer Godden; 'All too well,' was her reply."

From Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life by Anne Chisholm.

    There's more on literary Rye here and here.

Comments

[Readerlane]

And of course it was also home to Miss Mapp and Lucia!

[Cornflower]

Indeed it was, and most memorably so!

[Barbara]

I've had only one trip to Rye, which was combined with a pilgrimage to http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/tag/christopher%20lloyd
">Great Dixter. Sadly, you can only see the outside of Lamb House and the famous garden room was destroyed (in the war?) so you can't picture Miss Mapp spying from it. We spent a while, tourist map in hand, whizzing round town to see Diva's house and other Benson spots. It's also interesting, of course, to lovers of Monica Edwards & Malcolm Saville. Lovely place to visit.

[Barbara]

I've tried twice to correct those links, but apparently I can't reply to myself. Duh. These might work.

http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/tag/christopher%20lloyd

http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/332527.html

[Cornflower]

Thank you, Barbara, they work, and I've added the Christopher Lloyd biography to my wish list.
What a pity that Miss Mapp's garden room is no longer there!