| Bayham Abbey House [als Bayham Mansion] Bayham Lamberhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1805 | Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening by H. Repton ⇒ p. 203 |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 82 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1805 | History | John Jefferys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, of Wildernesse, Kent; Bayham, Sussex and the Priory, Brecknockshire | Bayham Abbey House [als Bayham Mansion] | Repton's Red Book | |
Humphrey Repton's proposals for a new house at Bayham: "The purpose for which the house at BAYHAM is intended must decide its character: it is not to be considered as a small villa, liable to change its proprietor, as good or ill success prevails; but as the established mansion of an English nobleman's family. Its character, therefore, should be that of greatness and of durability. The park should be a forest, the estate a domain, the house a palace. Now, since magnificence and compactness are as diametrically opposite to each other as extension and contraction, so neither the extended scale of the country, nor the style, nor the character of the place, will admit of a compact house." | |||||
| 16th Dec 1871 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst by The Builder | Private collection | ||
| The new mansion, shown by the accompanying illustrations, is erected on the estate of the Marquis Camden, near Tunbridge Wells, on the north side of the valley, at the bottom of which runs the stream called the Tun, having on its southern margin the remarkably interesting ruins of the abbey said to have been built by the Praemonstratensian canons, in the reign of Richard I. The foundations for the new building were commenced in 1869, and the first stone of the plinth was laid by the Marchioness Camden, on the 13th day of January, 1870. The materials used in its construction are as follow :- The walls are built of bricks made upon the estate, faced with Kentish ragstone from the Maidstone quarries, as a general facing, with Combs Down Bath stone quoins, window and door dressings, cornices, &c., and the roofs are covered with green slates from the quarries in North Wales. The ceilings of the principal suite of rooms are subdivided into panels, with moulded ribs, pendants, and enrichments, and the mantelpieces, designed in corresponding style, are composed of coloured marble, Derbyshire spars, and alabaster, executed by Mr. Earp, of Kennington-road. The character of the architecture and general arrangement of the plan resemble the examples of manorial houses existing in this country, of the latter part of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, but adapted to the convenience of modern requirements. ... The present buildings have been executed from the designs of Mr. David Brandon, and carried out under his superintendence. Full article | |||||
| 16th Dec 1871 |  | Bayham Abbey - Ground Plan, Lamberhurst by The Builder | Private collection | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Fred J. Teleck, M, Head, married, age 60, born Coblence (F), Germany; occupation: Butler and domestic servant | Fred J. Teleck | Bayham Mansion | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Elizabeth Machin, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Ashby, Stafford; occupation: Housekeeper and domestic servant | Elizabeth Machin | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Emily Storks, F, Servant, single, age 40, born Braybourne, Kent; occupation: Laundry maid and domestic servant | Emily Storks | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Emma R. Holland, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Westminster, London; occupation: Housemaid and domestic servant | Emma R. Holland | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Clara Blackford, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: Housemaid and domestic servant | Clara Blackford | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Mary A. Turner, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Laundry maid and domestic servant | Mary A. Turner | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Albert Dunk, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Stewart room boy and domestic servant | Albert Dunk | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Dann, M, Head, single, age 24, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: Groom | William Dann | Bayham Stables | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Elizabeth Leveratt, F, Head, married, age 55, born Shenfield, Essex; occupation: Coachman's wife | Elizabeth Leveratt | Bayham Stables | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Ellen Leveratt, F, Granddaughter, single, age 5, born Ascot, Essex | Ellen Leveratt | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thirza Giles, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Ageted, Surrey; occupation: General domestic servant | Thirza Giles | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | George Greenyer, M, Head, married, age 32, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Gardener | George Greenyer | Bayham Lodge | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Mary A. Greenyer, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Formerly nurse and domestic servant | Mary A. Greenyer | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Harriet Fuller, F, Mother-in-law, single, age 71, born Lamberhurst, Kent | Harriet Fuller | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Gilbert Clare, M, Head, single, age 22, born Cheltenham, Gloucester; occupation: Gardener domestic | Gilbert Clare | Bayham Gardens | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thomas Bethel, M, single, age 16, born Pembury, Kent; occupation: Gardener domestic | Thomas Bethel | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Walter Johnstone, M, Head, married, age 34, born St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire; occupation: Gardener domestic | Walter Johnstone | Bayham Gardeners Cottage | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Srah Johnstone, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Southampton Highfields, Hampshire | Srah Johnstone | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Louise A. Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 7, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar | Louise A. Johnstone | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Edith J. Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar | Edith J. Johnstone | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Ellen Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 4, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar | Ellen Johnstone | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Walter R. Johnstone, M, Son, age 1, born Lamberhurst, Kent | Walter R. Johnstone | ||
| c 1900 |  | Bayham, Lamberhurst | English Homes and Villages | ||
| 1906 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst | Private collection | ||
| 1912 |  | Bayham Mansion, Lamberhurst | Private collection | ||
| 1923 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst photographed by H.H. Camburn for E. and K. Looker, Post Office, Hook Green | Private collection | ||
| 2008 |  | Bayham Abbey, Frant | Bayham Abbey House [als Bayham Mansion] | Private collection | |
| 2011 |  | Bayham Abbey House | Private collection | ||
| 2011 |  | Old and New Bayham Abbey | Private collection | ||
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