Samuel Palmer's somewhat disreputable father, Samuel Palmer…
1827 CE
Samuel Palmer's somewhat disreputable father, Samuel Palmer senior, moves to the area, his brother Nathaniel having offered him an allowance that would "make him a gentlemen" and so restore the good name of the family.
Palmer senior rents half of the Queen Anne-era 'Waterhouse' which still stands by the River Darent at Shoreham and is now given the slightly grander-sounding name of 'Water House'.
Palmer's nurse, Mary Ward, and his other son William join him here.
The Waterhouse is used to accommodate overflow guests from "Rat Abbey".
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Garden in Shoreham. 1820s or early 1830s (opaque watercolor and gouache, 28 × 22 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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