Ashdown, East Grinstead (Sussex)
Built 30th Nov -0001
Grade II* country house near East Grinstead in Sussex, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and built c. 1792-1793 by John Trayton Fuller and his second wife Anne nee Elliott. Now a school.
Michael W. Fazio and Patrick A. Snadon, The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2006).
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Architect
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
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Current owner
School
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
