MRP: Broome Park

Dixwell family house, Broome Park, Kent

Henry Oxinden of Barham recorded the construction of Broome House in his commonplace book. ADD DETAIL.

Detail of lower half of map of Wingham and Kinghamford hundreds, showing Barham downs, Broome house and Maydekin house

The picture collection of Sir Henry Oxenden of Broome, Kent, was advertised for sale on Saturday, July 6th XXXX by Messrs. Christie & Manson at theri Great Room. King-street, St. James's-square. The pictures advertised were "of the Italian, French, and Dutch Schools," and included pictures by Van Dyck. A catalogue was made available. (The Athenaeum, no. 609 (London, 1839), p.491

Badeslade made an engraving of Broome Park, which was published in Harris, XXXX.

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Sources

CKS-U2691 Correspondence from Lord Kitchener concerning Broome Park, Barham (1911-1918)

Arthur Oswald, Country Houses of Kent (XXXX, 1933), pp. XX-XX

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Image credits

Detail of lower half of map of Wingham and Kinghamford hundreds, from XXXX (XXXX, XXXX), copyright C.S. Greenstreet
- 'Broome, the seat of Sir Basill Dixwell Bar:t', engraving by Badeslade, originally published in Harris, XXXX (XXXX, XXXX). Reproduced as Plate XVII in M.E. Macartney, English houses and gardens in the 17th and 18th centuries (London, 1908). The book and reproduced engraving are out of copyright

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