From the Archive
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Lease of the site of Exmouth House to Matthew Fagg, 29 August 1817

Letter addressed to Matthew Fagg at Lydd, 2 May 1835

Matthew Fagg's premises at Lydd. No 76 on the 1837 Lydd tithe map (c) Kent Archives and Local History Service

Powell's Hastings Guide and Advertisement for Exmouth House

Conveyance of Exmouth House to Samuel Gutsell, 14 February 1853

Plan of Exmouth House on the conveyance to Samuel Gutsell, 1853

The Jones starch factory at Battersea

Token for Orlando Jones starch

Hastings Old Town photographed from the East Hill, 1880s

Hastings Old Town photographed from the East Hill, 1890

Watercolour of the rear of Exmouth Place by E. Leslie Badham (1873-1944)

Needlework executed by A. Ward (Mrs Fearnside) of Class 3B, 1921-2

Exmouth House School exercise book used by A. Ward (Mrs Fearnside), 1930

14 Botany notes and illustrations by A. Ward (Mrs Fearnside), 1930

Exmouth House School badge

Exmouth House School concert and prize-giving programme, 1925

Exmouth Place from an old postcard

The sitting room under the Willetts

Exmouth House before the construction of the garage. Photograph taken by Kenneth Gravett, Jan. 1964 (ref BY742) (c) Historic England Archive

The fire escape at the back of the house

Hallway ceiling before repair, 1

Hallway ceiling before repair, 2

Rot in the house, 1991

Kevin at work in the rear garden, 1991

View of the rear garden, 1991

The roof before repair, 1991

The state of the roof, 1991

Exmouth Cottage front stripped of stucco in 2012, showing the tightness of fit of the front door

Relics of the school from under the floor boards

Items found while rehabilitating house