day for having turned down the offer of the position of poet laureate in 1790. The village has a village hall, called the Memorial Hall, built in remembrance to the fallen from the First World War and a church community hall called St Mary's Centre. Due to the 1960s redevelopment, Peartree Cottage in Vicarage Lane is now the oldest house in Felpham. It is a late medieval (c. 1500), four bay, timber-framed thatched Yeoman's house with queen struts and clasped side purlins. It had an open first bay, (probably a workshop) and still has an intact smoke bay. In the 1700s the house was 'modernised' with the insertion of a chimney built within the smoke bay and three exterior walls replaced with flint with rubble infill. Peartree has a small Victorian extension faced with galleted knapped flint. Two small bays were added to the south face of the house in the early 1900s. In the 1940s the house was owned by the Jagger family, namely David Jagger (1891-1958). He and his siblings, Edith Jagger (1880-1977) and Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934) were all celebrated artists. Charles's best friend was fellow artist Augustus John (1878 - 31 October 1961) who may well have visited Peartree because carved into one of the sagging jowl posts is the image of a bearded man who looks uncannily like the young Augustus John Great expansion of the village took place between 1930 and 1960 when three (nominally) gated housing estates were developed, and again in the 1970s when two public housing developments took place on farmland between Felpham and its neighbouring village of Middleton-on-Sea. In December 2006 planning permission was granted for further development, this time on farmland to the north. Local facilities Felpham has three primary schools, Bishop Tufnell CE Infant and Bishop Tufnell CE Junior Schools (both Church of England Aided Schools) and Downview Primary (Infant and Junior) School. A third infant and junior school is planned to be added as part of the current housing plans. Felpham Community College, the main school in the area, operates its own youth wing. It is situated next door to the Arun Leisure Centre which has extensive playing fields. Felpham has a recreation ground, King George's Field, named after King George V. Sport and leisure Felpham Colts Football Club (including mixed teams, boys' teams and girls' teams) is the largest youth football club in West Sussex. It