Images Dated 24th September 2021

Cobham Hall 33645_028

Cobham Park, Kent, 2018. Cobham Hall, one of the largest and most important houses in Kent and was the seat of the De Cobham family since 1208 before passing to the first Earl of Darnley in 18th century. Current house constructed from 1584 and now in use as a school. TQ6868

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Aerial, Country House, Garden, Humphry Repton, School

Bearwood House 33636_011

Bearwood, Wokingham, Surrey, 2018. Bearwood College (now Reddam House School). Formerly home to the Walter family of The Times newspaper. After being used as a military convalescent home during the First World War, it became a Royal Merchant Navy School in 1920's and then an independent boarding school in 1961

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Blitzcrete DP221404

Wadhurst Park, Wadhurst, Wealden, East Sussex. Detail of blitzcrete render on the exterior of the house. A technique developed by John Outram, Diespeaker and David Knowles in the 1970s.
Blitzcrete is made where fragments of bricks are cast into a cement and sand matrix which itself can also be made any colour. The surface is then ground-back to reveal the bricks.The advantage of brick over stone is that most stone bleaches to grey while brick, being a ceramic, retains its colour

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