| Event type: | Away Day |
| Date: | Fri 1 Jul 2022 |
| Time: | 10:15am - 1:00pm |
This National Trust house has benefited from a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to open up the house and gardens, previously let to tenants. The hall was built in 1729 for the sea-captain, John Harle, a fine example of the suburban house built for this successful merchant who owned the nearby Rainham Wharf. Its well-preserved interiors owe much to Colonel Mulliner who restored the house and gave it to the National Trust and Anthony Denney, the flamboyant House & Garden and Vogue photographer who was the Trust’s tenant in the 1960s and on whom there is a current exhibition. The hall is next to a 12th century church which I hope will be open.