We must emphasis it a very small narrow road and probably dates back to at least Roman times, but the roadway is marked on a map in 1733. The property itself dates from the early 18th Century. There was a blacksmiths workshop and small pond on the corner of *** road and the high street in 1877 and probably before.

There is a book known to locals which was published by the Beeding & Bramber local History society called “Beeding history of a village”, this book states from parish records that in 1841 the small house called Little **** on the Westside of *** Road was close to a large roadside pond. It was then documented as Noah’s Ark and was lived in by a farm labourer, Thomas Patching, his wife & six children:
(1841 census)

The children dying young could be as a result of them getting some kind of disease as there were few medical treatments around at the time and the fact Mr Thomas Patching was only a poor farm worker.
 
Throughout the period of 1909-1913, many children were excluded from school on account of ringworm. Other ailments found in the log book for Upper Beeding Primary School include cases of nits, inflatable paralysis, mumps, meningitis, impetigo, measles, whooping cough & typhoid.

During the latter part of 1918 there was a national epidemic of Influenza, the log bog shows the school was affected by closing down for 2 weeks, There is no written evidence of any of pupils of the school dying at the time but nationally the mortality rate was very high, as the village was a small close community back then it would have been probable to catch something & without treatment could have proved fatal.

Unfortunately without the house deeds SPI has found it very difficult to get any factual information on this actual property, even after weeks of research……. but SPI will continue searching……

Upper Beeding lies at the foot of the Downs on the east bank of the River Adur on the line of ancient trading and pilgrim routes. In Saxon times it was owned by the Kings of Wessex, but after the Norman Conquest it became part of the Rape of Bramber, held by William de Braose. The community was originally called Beeding, with the civil parish changing to Upper Beeding in modern times (date unknown).
The two earliest settlements of Upper Beeding were the High street eastwards from the Adur River up to the village hall, and the south end of Hyde Street between the junctions of new road and Manor road.
St. Peter’s Church is also known as “Sele Priory”, which was its name when Benedictine monks lived here. There was a Saxon Church (small parts of which survive), but the building was largely reconstructed by the Normans, and again in 1307/1308. The Chapel of Our Lady (Mary) was added in Victorian times. In later years one of the windows was incorporated into Buncton Church, near Wiston and pieces of Caen stone can be seen all round the village, incorporated into walls and buildings. Pieces of carved stone can even be seen in the churchyard wall. The old vicarage was replaced in 1792 by the present building, which became a private house in 1960, still called Sele Priory, while the former farmhouse of Church Farm became the vicarage.

In the early 13th Century the monks of Sele Priory (St Peter's Church, Beeding) began a mission to the area of St Leonard's Forest near Horsham, and established a small mission base, naming it Lower . Despite being some 10 miles away, Lower Beeding remained a part of (Upper) Beeding parish until Victorian times

About 1840 landholding was dominated by a few large estates, most of which were leased. The estates of the Bridger’s, lords of Beeding and Horton, included two large farms, Beeding Court, and Upper Horton, The Horton manor belonging to the Burrell’s, and Tottington Manor included two farms belonging to the Clitherows and the Blunts. Other large estates included Pond farm and the Hyde in Upper Beeding village, but the only two which were owner-occupied were the Penfolds' New House farm, and W. Gorringe's New Horton in the north, a farm created between 1795 and 1813.

There are 34 grade two listed buildings in Upper Beeding including the church. 27 of these are in the High Street and Hyde Street Conservation Areas.
On the south side of the High Street stands a high flint wall around 90 feet long. This is the 250 year old, grade 2 listed coaching wall, the wall was originally 8 feet high but a further 3 feet was added in 1850 to prevent the people sitting on stage-coaches from being able to see into the garden behind!

“The Towers” is a local landmark, designed by the architect George Smith. It was completed in 1883 and was described as a “monument to Victorian extravagance.” It had several owners and in 1897 was being used as a hunting lodge. The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament was invited to set up a school at the Towers. The first French sisters and their pupils arrived in 1903. It is now recognised as one of the best schools in Sussex and celebrated its centenary in 2003.

The oldest building in the village is The Kings Head Public House. Its 19th century frontage hides ancient timber framing, the main part dating from the 15th century, about the same time as St. Mary's House, Bramber on the other side of the river.