Growing up at Doubleton Jan 2017 Growing up in Penshurst I was born at Doubleton Farmhouse, at the far end of Doubleton Lane in the mid fifties. My parents bought the house in 1954, and moved there with my two older sisters Joanna and Tessa, dogs and ponies. My father used to drive up the farm track (which ...
The Redleaf estate stands at the North West corner of Penshurst Park. The area lay within the “Lowry of Tonbridge”, a garrison area recorded in 1259 Perambulation outlining the boundaries. The earliest description of a dwelling there is in the state papers of Henry VIII, dated 1521, described therein as “The Manor Place – A manor there, ...
William Wells of Redleaf, Penshurst. An art collection to rival some of the best in Britain? The fact that the Royal Academy’s current much praised exhibition, Charles 1st, King and Collector, uses as its headline feature, a painting that passed through the hands of Redleaf’s owner, William Wells, should give us a clue as to his extraordinary ...
The Nunnery, Smarts Hill, Penshurst The Nunnery is a Grade II listed 16th century timber framed house located to the south west of the village centre on Smarts Hill. The house has been in continuous occupation since it was built and attached as a pdf is a comprehensive history of the house and the surrounding area. The other ...