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Baker died on 4 February 1946 at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite journal |last= |first= |date=1942 |title=Herbert Baker |url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00358534608451375?journalCode=ctrt20 |journal=[[The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs]] |publisher= |volume=36 |issue=142 |pages=107-108 |accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref>. He left Owletts to the National Trust. |
Baker died on 4 February 1946 at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite journal |last= |first= |date=1942 |title=Herbert Baker |url =http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00358534608451375?journalCode=ctrt20 |journal=[[The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs]] |publisher= |volume=36 |issue=142 |pages=107-108 |accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref>. He left Owletts to the National Trust. |
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The National Trust then let it out to [[tenant]]s, but with several open to the public days a year. |
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The house closed in 2011 for a £1million refit, in which time the collection of in the 900 objects and 1,400 books, was carefully packed and stored off-site.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356393500748/ |title =Returning the historic collection at Owletts |website =www.nationaltrust.org.uk |accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref> The collection was then unpacker and returned to normal after completion. It then opened for the first time in 2 years on Sunday the 7th April, 2013.<ref> {{cite news |first=Anna |last=Dubuis |date=14 January 2013 |title=Sir Herbert Baker’s Cobham house Owletts to reopen |url=http://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/sir_herbert_baker_s_cobham_house_owletts_to_reopen_1_1791737 |newspaper=The Reporter |location=Gravesend |accessdate= }}</ref> |
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Owletts house has had a £1million refit and opened for the first time in 2 years on Sunday the 7th April, 2013. |
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reopened to the public after a two-year restoration project. |
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http://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/sir_herbert_baker_s_cobham_house_owletts_to_reopen_1_1791737 |
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date=January 14, 2013 last=Anna Dubuis Sir Herbert Baker’s Cobham house Owletts to reopen publisher=The Reporter |
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[[File:Cowshed, Owlett's Farm - geograph.org.uk - 318022.jpg|thumb|right|Cowshed, Owlett's Farm]] |
[[File:Cowshed, Owlett's Farm - geograph.org.uk - 318022.jpg|thumb|right|Cowshed, Owlett's Farm]] |
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Revision as of 17:40, 12 December 2013
| Owletts | |
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 National Trust property, but not open regularly as it is still lived in | |
| OS grid reference | TQ 665 687 |
| Built | 1683/4 |
| Built for | Bonham Hayes (farmer) |
| Architect | Bonham Hayes |
| Governing body | The National Trust |
| Type | Grade II* |
| Designated | 27 August 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1049097 |
  Owletts location in Kent | |
Owletts, Kent, is a country house 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi) to the northwest of the village of Cobham, Kent, England.
It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1][2]
History
The house was origiannly built for Bonham and Elizabeth Hayes, successful farmers in the Cobham Area. The red-brick Kentish Yeoman's house is two storeys high, with dormer windows. The house interiors were completed in 1684, including the ornate Carolean plasterwork and timber staircase hall.[3]
In 1894, the house passed to the 'Edmeades' family of Nurstead (also in the parish of Gravesend) then by marriage to the 'Baker' family.[1] In 1862 renowned architect Sir Herbert Baker was born in the family home. In 1925 he added Two projections and the wing added to the north-west corner of the house.[1]
He and the family filled the house with specially commissioned or collected furniture.[3]
The house also has a garden partly designed by Gertrude Jekyll. Who was introduced to Baker by Edwin Lutyens (her friend) when he was working during 1887, in Bakers and Harold Peto's office in London.[4]
Within the gardens is a bird bath formed from Corinthian capitals salvaged from the old Bank of England building in London, when Sir Herbert rebuilt of the Bank (between 1925 and 1939).[5]
Baker died on 4 February 1946 at the age of 83.[6]. He left Owletts to the National Trust.
The National Trust then let it out to tenants, but with several open to the public days a year. The current tenants are David and Bella Baker and family. David is the great grandson and heir of Sir Herbert Baker.
The house closed in 2011 for a £1million refit, in which time the collection of in the 900 objects and 1,400 books, was carefully packed and stored off-site.[7] The collection was then unpacker and returned to normal after completion. It then opened for the first time in 2 years on Sunday the 7th April, 2013.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Owletts, Cobham". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "OWLETTS, THE STREET". english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Owletts". www.britainexpress.com. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "BAKER, Sir Herbert John". www.artefacts.co.za. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Buildings and Architects". www.bankofengland.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Herbert Baker". The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. 36 (142): 107–108. 1942. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Returning the historic collection at Owletts". www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Dubuis, Anna (14 January 2013). "Sir Herbert Baker's Cobham house Owletts to reopen". The Reporter. Gravesend.
External links
;Category:English Heritage sites in Kent ;Category:Country houses in Kent ;Category:Grade II* listed buildings ;Category:Visitor attractions in Kent ;Category:National Trust properties in Kent ;Category:1290s architecture ;Category:Historic house museums in Kent