QOOQHE Hausa Crowcombe Court Crowcamize Samersaet TA4; 4&9 T51 fii%4 818699 Fax 91984 618222 John Bishop Boume House Bishopsboume Kent CT4 SB] 22nd August, 2000 Bear Mr Bishop, Thank ?{§11‘V€!'7 maizifimspenfiing 5'0 misfit ‘time with me and Richard Anderson when we came» :6 measure the reams at Bmzme E-‘£01139 zeariier this manth. ‘E enckase a pian of hawl think the house was arranged immediately after its construction in 1: ‘:76-1. The heazse zzrgtable far its long, nammr pian. The fenestration is cienseiy packed - 13 bays is less than 129 feet (11 weuid be more typical far this fzaa:-s:s.t:.-egg?‘ ‘Em ésszzufi wmars is sit very law on the ground because its ‘4’:3aa*+.;i.—".*a‘{=:e;='.-?;=:.‘-ix. "{%:§$ was pmb*z;bi37 fiflf always so. ‘:"‘su“'m-e "ff-_*‘«'E‘fi"s..a"i"E‘5 ‘(if fire htmse are straiigiy sfiggesfive {if an eariier buiiding an the sike, at considerabie revisioryas durmg -curxsimt ‘Em. i*~§eiabiy, ‘iiifl fenestration in the central mom on the west from is, unforgivabiy, asymmei-ricaif The massive wait} at the northern ené of this mam has been cut away on the other side, to make space for one of ihe Windows lighting the samndary stair case. If there were any supporting evidence at all, I would say ‘that »tb.«is. was me great ball Qf.a;1e.az1ie.z' 1191.259 illcozperated into a new one. In the front range, me, there are we sgiggéfiagéy %3~§A! as:-3155., age 35 w%s2k:%1 fiie 2?;gaia2,i%2és:§za»es11’t fee-% hike a new build. N01’ dues the i*.aii,. sazhieii by 115238 waa Eifiifi fix bzafiii. hflaxaaasu it had pefieflmofiefixrmpnrfitms cf 23’ by 36' - wasits cszensirained by pre- existing stmctexres? In general terms, Bourne conforms to a ciassic Iate SEVEI‘tfé€Ifih ctr early eighteenth century formula for a compact (if rather elongated) modern house. 11415 .9fz;l9ub1e ,pi12.;::;n.s1rur:.ti9n .(i:w.o.ranges deep), with 3 ‘high’ or state end (facing favourably .s9ut12) amsl a ‘law’ ( faznily az1dse::vice)end to the ngxtlz -'i%"2é.=. -hag s‘.2":z€ €§*.~;a2'a:.’é3i%%£s: 3% 312 ageai siair iying behind, and ‘:1 best pa2:%:m:§ {:3 13532 salée ref, flag 5:23:33. "fie w;:¥1:i=:a-;s;s;*:;g rmm was $11 zlfi 'as'aa’i~‘;xs-si*éan izaisiiiixtzi fiite pafiaizr. ‘i"i*cz‘é=;s§ %3i%3s% it-23:2 %eeiié«:3firs diréctly connecting séquefice d m91*re-s;fina-iiy, a door imzi out ed the withdrawing room back to the great stair, completing the typical circuit of entertaining rooms at the state end‘ of the house. To the right of the hall, the smaller room may have been a study or smoking room, or the family parlour, conveniently £13.52 to .the.semnd.a..ry stairs rising gem as-t ate -attics. :36}-’-mid this, ie 1:122 north, domestic offices may have included the kitclien - altheugh this may egually iszesse bees in e s£{_.2aze& iii Tfiai see: sqspms is have been in the basement cf the main iieuse. £361’ a ef izhe asaegefimnis swegsi away in ‘£848.. See Country Life, 13:11 May 1922. It was quite advanced for a house (if this date to have a separate dining room in acidition to the best parlour « mere usually, there Wouici be one or the other. It would have been odd for this principal room to be approached cite: iitcsiisly the stairease hall, as if is now. If: seems likely filai, originally, it was entered formally free: the hall (where there is new a false deer), £fifi «where -e Afizeylace has since been installed. This would have provided a fashienehle finlste’ through the lzezise fzem £322 fies: enhance, ‘and a “seiis‘eI3i' tmiiaiity ‘despite the offset hall. if-a*’i‘§i1 mmifi*iieer*'te"fiiI2g'ia£igi*:i‘sei' iess ‘than 33 feet, and first fleet heights of less than 12 ieet, Boume was net a lofty house for iis size and date. The haii ceiiing is net originai ~— is it pessibie that this room was eriginally two storeys high? There would still be generous bedroom provision. Such fancies aside, ail the first floor rooms appear to have been becichambers, well provided with diressizzg memes es QIQ.-981.15. Pxeiumuhly the best or state bedchamber was over the parlour, immediately at the top 01-’ the great stair, iiv‘§"a’{i‘§“'>:i‘afi‘ii:g%'5 ‘i‘i£x‘i?i.";.':«‘Eéi$; madeisss iiie iieuse ever the years, se 1 am quite pleased te. have imraszeiied. things sci iax. Em there axe many ‘llfltfiitaifliiififir i am Tris? 23?: as’ taeoiegisi and iéeaiiy we wtraiti need a fuii measured survey, inside and cut, to get a dearer picture. 30 deem take anything as gospeii iwifi send a copy of fitis note to Lady juiiet; perhaps you could let Linda Farringdon anti anyone else you think would be interested have sight of it. Again, many thanks indeed. Kind regsxds cc Lady Juliet Tadgell BOURNE PLACE,KENT RECONSTRUCTION OF GROUND FLOOR, c. 1701 Domestic offices; kitchen? Withdrawing room Passage? Domestic offices; servants’ hall? Common parlour, study or smoking room? Hall