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Well, difficult one. The brooks saddle is definitely later as it has the later 50's style onwards parallelogram badge, but as for the rest hard to tell. I think Baylis Wiley made a single piece crankset like that, so might be worth looking for markings. The stem looks a bit like a Titan type one so could be period or could just be a later cheap steel one, same for the bars I guess
I guess just go with what 'feels' right and change the rest. As for the sturmey, if it's a '49 marked I suppose the frame could have been bought off the peg or have been old shop stock and the hub is the actual year it was bought and built up. I don't know if Hobbs did off the peg frames like some other larger lightweight builders apparently did. (i.e. Carlton, Claud Butler etc)...