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Groombridge Place is a moated manor house in the village of Groombridge near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It has become a tourist attraction, noted for its formal gardens and vineyards. It has become a tourist attraction, noted for its formal gardens and vineyards.
Groombridge Place is a popular visitor attraction, boasting an impressive 700-year history beginning in 1239. Groombridge Place has been owned by some of Kent's most distinguished families, including the de Cobhams and Sir Richard Waller.
Groombridge Place Moat, Walls and Bridge including the West Gateway and Cottage on the North Bridge. More images. The Church of King Charles the Martyr: Tunbridge Wells:
The Waller family was a Kentish family, of Groombridge Place, that migrated to Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the 14th or 16th century, and then to Gloucestershire, and, for a generation, North Yorkshire. [1] Several members carried the name Edmund Waller. These Edmund Wallers are listed here father to son or grandson, or uncle to nephew:
Philip Packer FRS (24 June 1618 Groombridge, Kent – 24 December 1686) was an English barrister and architect. He was a courtier to Charles II, and friend to Christopher Wren. He was educated at University College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1635. He then took up law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar as a barrister in 1647. [1]
The River Grom by the entrance to Groombridge Place. The River Grom is a short tributary of the River Medway near Tunbridge Wells in south-east England. [1] [2] Flowing westwards through High Rocks and Groombridge, it forms the Kent-East Sussex border for part of its length. [3] A diversion of the Grom feeds the moat at Groombridge Place. [4]
The action was shot on location in the house and formal gardens of Groombridge Place. [4] The film received the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association.
In 1604, Sackville bought Groombridge Place in Kent. His other houses included Knole House, in Sevenoaks, Kent, Michelham Priory, in East Sussex, and Dorset House, near Fleet Street, London, later burnt down in the Great Fire of London. [9] Queen Elizabeth acquired the manor of Bexhill in 1570 and granted it to Sackville.