[ Photo Gallery # 90 ]
RYE is an English town near the coast in East Sussex. It was one of the original Cinque Ports and parts of the original walls and town gates, once built to guard against invasions from the French, still remain. Over the centuries, however, the sea has receded leaving Rye Harbour and the coast of the English Channel about 2 miles (3.2 km) downriver from the town. In the town centre, cobbled lanes like Mermaid Street still exist lined with medieval, half-timbered houses. The redbrick Lamb House was once owned by writer Henry James. Nearby, the tower of the Norman St. Mary’s Church overlooks the town.
Low tide on the River Rother at Rye
Ancient Rye Mill, reconstructed in 1932 after a fire destroyed much of the superstructure
Fascinating weather-worn textures in part of the ancient town walls
Looking uphill along the cobbled Mermaid Street to Lamb House at the top right
View across the roofs of the town from the roof of St. Mary’s Church tower
Another view across the roofs of the town from the roof of St. Mary’s Church tower
View towards the River Rother from the roof of St. Mary’s Church tower
A Burne-Jones stained-glass window in St.Mary’s Church
A lovely corner window in the town
House front near St.Mary’s Church
One of the ancient town entry gates
The green plaque is inscribed ‘Radclyffe Hall (1880 – 1943), Novelist, lived here.’
