Lamb House
An 18th-century Georgian house where the writers Henry James and E. F. Benson once lived. It has a walled garden.
Lamb House was built in the 1720s as an elegant Georgian brick house. The American writer Henry James lived here from 1897 to 1916, where he wrote late masterpieces including The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl. Later, E. F. Benson also lived here and used Rye as the model for his "Mapp and Lucia" novels. It is now managed by the National Trust, and you can visit some rooms and the quiet walled garden. It sits at the top of Mermaid Street and opens seasonally, so check the official website.
Opening hours
About March–October, Thursday–Sunday (check the official website)
Nearby sights
- Mermaid Street
- St Mary's Church, Rye
- Rye Castle (Ypres Tower)
- Landgate
- Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
- Camber Castle
- Winchelsea
- Camber Sands