Ifield Green and Mill Lane

 
 

       Ifield Green (road) and Mill Lane: Ifield Green is a village street with a shop, a pub (Royal Oak) and a boutique; Mill lane is a cul-de-sac off Ifield Green and follows the old track to the Mill.  Ifield Green is the old road from Ifield to Crawley, which can still be followed on foot (but not by car). Until the 1960s it had grass verges, but now has pavements and street lighting. There is a collection of late Victorian and Edwardian houses (terraced, semi-detached and detached) near the junction with Rectory Lane. Other plots have detached two storey family houses built in the 1950s. The one exception is Michaelmas Cottage a 17th century building which faces the footpath running from Ifield Green to County Oak. At the southern end are allotments which were established in 1842. It is seen as a “Busy village street with community facilities – pub, shop, boutique – and with older houses; –but also “a bit of a commuters’ rat-run”. Mill Lane is a quiet cul-de-sac, with late Victorian cottages and Mill Cottage (dated originally 1842, but extended). The old Steam Mill building is now a private house. It is behind Mill Cottage and its top is only visible from the Village Green.

 

Ifield Green and Mill Lane