We have been members of The National Trust for many years. In south east England The Trust owns and manages a wide variety of property from country houses and their gardens to stately homes; from small cottages to castles and a light house. We have visited most over the years but some have a special appeal and through repeated visits have become favourites. One such is Batemans, the former home of Rudyard Kipling, set in lovely Sussex countryside at Burwash. What appeals to me about Batemans is the feeling, when you tour the rooms and garden, that this was a 'real' family home. It has a certain warmth about the place. Add to that the fact that there is a working flour mill that they operate for visitors in the afternoon, and in the garage there is Kiplings 1928 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 with the bill of sale dated 11 July 1928 for £2,833-18-6d. I have put together a small selection of my pictures as a slideshow to whet your appetite should you ever be in East Sussex......
Nice video. I think that I have seen docs about it and some attention to the gardens there. That is quite a place, isn't it. This is a good slideshow. Thanks for showing it.
That was pretty cool. Can you tell me what the metal? "hopper" was above the water wheel on the outside of the building? it looked like it had sticks in it. just wondering if the burned wood to heat/dry/grind the grain?
Thanks for your nice comments folks.... @carolyn Carolyn, beyond the mill is a mill pond that supplies the water to drive the wheel. The water passes along the square metal chute on to the wheel. Above the chute is a small sluice to control the rate of flow of the water onto the wheel and it is this sluice that you have noticed. You have a sharp eye
