Broome Park
Broome Park is a Grade I listed building in Barham, within the City of Canterbury, Kent, England.[1] Once a stately home, it is now a country club.
History
The house was built between 1635 and 1638.[2] Originally commissioned for and occupied by Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Baronet, who had been Member of Parliament for Hythe, it passed down through various generations of Dixwell baronets until it was inherited by Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet,[3] who took on his mother's surname of Dixwell.[4] It then passed down through various generations of Oxenden baronets to Sir Percy Dixwell Nowell Dixwell-Oxenden, 10th Baronet.[5] The estate was bought in 1911 by Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, who commissioned the remodelling of the house by Detmar Blow and Fernand Billerey; they also created a formal garden and carriage approach.[2] In the early 1930s the estate was bought by Mr G C Jell who transformed the house into a country house hotel.[5] During World War II the estate was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence.[5] The estate is now a golf and country club.[6]
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