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Bateman's
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Bateman's is a Jacobean manor that served as the home of writer Rudyard Kipling from 1902-1936. It is a comfortably furnished manor house, packed with Kipling memorabilia.
Bateman's is worth visiting on at least two counts. First, it is a wonderful historic house, dating to about 1634. Second, it was the home of author Rudyard Kipling for the last three decades of his life, and contains a wealth of the author's personal belongings, and memorabilia relating to his life and work. Among the latter are the original illustrations for The Jungle Book. An outbuilding contains Kipling's 1928 Phantom 1 Rolls-Royce, and an exhibit covering the author's love of motoring.
There is a special exhibit covering the War Graves Commision, and the extrraordinary work that Kipling did to help establish this agency following the death of his own son, John, at the Battle of Loos in 1915.
Bateman's may have been built by a Wealden ironmaster, but the first owner that we know of for certain was John Briteen, who owned Bateman's at the end of the 17th century. The house is constructed of sandstone quarried nearby, with tiles made from Wealden clay, and local Sussex oak supports the building.
Kipling purchased Bateman's in 1902, when he was at the height of his fame as a writer. He was in frail health, and devastated by the death of his daughter Josephine from pneumonia several years before, and saw Bateman's as an escape to a quiet, peaceful existance.
He loved the house, though at the time it had no bathrooms, and no running water to the upstairs rooms. In addition to the house, he purchased the surrounding 33 acres of land, including a water mill. The mill has been restored, and visitors can watch flour being ground, and learn about the milling process.
Below the house is a pond, rose garden, and hedges laid out according to a design by Kipling himself. The original garden design is on display in the study of the house. The rose garden was paid for with the priize money Kipling received for winning the 1907 Nobel Prize for literature.
The house was bequeathed to the National Trust by Caroline, Kipling's Aerican-born widow, in 1939, and is presented much as it was when the author lived here.
Garden: Rose, Mulberry, Herb and Wild Gardens surround this Jacobean manor house. The house is on the River Dudwell, which flows through the wild garden, where there is a working historic corn mill.
Burwash,
Etchingham,
East Sussex,
England, TN19 7DS
About Bateman's
Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: off the A265
Website: Bateman's
Email: batemans@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01435 882 302
Fax: 01435 882 811
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Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
Heritage Highlight: Beautiful Jacobean manor, the home of author Rudyard Kipling.
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