Bateman's

Deep in the Sussex Weald lies Bateman's, a 1634 Jacobean house whose chief claim to fame was its ownership by Rudyard Kipling from 1902 to 1936, when he died. The house stayed in the family for some more years. Kipling and his wife made many improvements to the house and grounds, of course, but its chief interest lies simply in its association with him.

Bateman's; beautiful sandstone

Looking from the pond--which Kipling created using some of
his Nobel Prize money--to the side of the house

Obligatory wisteria

Drawing room

Lots of India stuff, as one might expect

Thus (done by K's father)

And thus

Painting of Kipling in the stairway to the 2nd
floor

His study; the desk left pretty much as he outfitted it; crumpled
drafts in bin

Vicki and one of the docents in the study

More India

1907 Nobel Prize for Literature