©NTPL / Stephen Robson
The exterior of Bateman's in East Sussex, former home of the writer & Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling, with bright sunlight on the stones.
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The west front of Bateman's. Bateman's was built around 1634 using 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.
Bateman's gardens with the house in the background, East Sussex.
A view of Bateman's through flowers, East Sussex.
©NTPL / Martin O'Neill
Visitors sitting by Bateman's pond, East Sussex.
©NTPL / Martin O'Neil
A family exploring the grounds at Bateman's, East Sussex.
The pear arch at Bateman's with cobbled path and clematis amongst mixed plant border.
©NTPL / Geoffrey Frosh
A view across the Hall with 17th-century panelling at Bateman's, East Sussex.
The study at Bateman's showing a close-up of the c17th French walnut draw-leaf table at which Kipling wrote.
View towards the window in the Parlour room at Bateman's, East Sussex.
Millstone at Bateman's, East Sussex.
©NTPL / Rupert Truman
View of the west front of the Mill looking across the water at Bateman's in East Sussex.
