Batemans, East Sussex, England, U.K.
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GeoRams
N 50° 59.311 E 000° 22.777
31U E 316096 N 5651816
Small Sundial in the formal gardens of Batemans, the home of Rudyard Kipling.
Waymark Code: WM4DTH
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/10/2008
Views: 26
Bateman's was built around 1634. A large block of ironstone is incorporated into the porch and a longstanding tradition claims the house was built by a Wealden ironmaster. The first known occupant was a John Briteen (or Brittan) at the end of the 17th century. He was, in fact, an iron dealer but he may well be the ironmaster referred to.
The house itself is built of local sandstone, quarried from a site across the lane. The tiles are all baked from Wealden clay and the internal structures and interior woodwork is made from local Sussex oak.