Bateman's

The house

Journey back in time as you enter the Jacobean home of Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling. With his  book-lined study and atmospheric rooms you will be able to discover the stories of Rudyard, his wife Carrie and their three children.

The study

Soak up the atmosphere in Rudyard's study, where it feels as though he has only just left the room. Discover the stories he wrote as he sat at his desk gazing over the stunning Sussex countryside that gave him his inspiration.

The Kipling collection

You'll find some unusual and intriguing objects in the Kipling collection. Don't miss the Nobel Prize for literature or paintings from the Jungle Book.

An English country garden

Take a stroll through the garden that helped to make Rudyard feel that he was at last an English country gentleman. From the tranquility and order of the manicured lawns and clipped yew hedges wander through the meadow with its wild flowers and small flowing river.

The mill

Step back in time as you wander through the 17th-century watermill that still mills on selected days and produces wholemeal flour. Don't miss the turbine generator that Kipling had installed in 1902 to provide electricity to the house.

Kipling aloud

After 75 years Rudyard Kipling's voice can be heard in the house once again. A Pathe newsreel played in the study on an ipad has the only known footage of him speaking. Don't miss the phonograph with his verse set to music and select a station on the 1930s radio to hear one of his famous quotations.

© Kipling Archive, University of Sussex