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| From a book frontispiece, a watercolour by Lambert dated 1782. Most of the face still existed at this time, as did the grand gate entrance. |
This sketch appeared in The Mirror in 1827, featured due to the popularity of Horace Smith's recent novel, and is based directly on the 1782 painting. |
From a drawing by Maria Carr, c.1830. If you know Marske Hall in Yorkshire, still in use, you may note striking similarities with Brambletye House. |
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| Print from mid-1830s, drawn and engraved by Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie (1780-1849). |
A rear view from R. B. Schnebbelie, clearly showing the exposed basement arches that exist under the ground floor. |
This Kershaw print is dated 1840 and is pretty much the ruin you can see today. Almost the exact same angle as the 1959 photograph. |
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| Engraving from a sketch by John Timbs that appeared in The Illustrated London News August 1850. |
Here is fairly crude pencil sketch drawn on a ready-coloured background with a scratch-away surface, dated 1865. |
This is a print of a drawing from 1868, just 3 years after the previous sketch. |
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| Richard Henry Nibbs was a Brighton artist (1816-1893) who drew this unusual rear view for 'Antiquities of Sussex' in 1874. |
Nicely illustrated scene from an 1880 book that also features a detail from this on the cover, in gold stamp. |
The famous Frith series of postcards shows this graphically strong front view from the path. I would guess this was 1904-5 from the foliage shown. |
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| This Photochrom postcard that shows a view from the rear, circa 1905. |
Slightly closer in than the Photochrom, but still showing the pond. Date and publisher unknown, c.1904-5. |
Another rear view of the ruin, this time from a 1906 Valentine postcard. There is also a hand-tinted version of this card. |
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| Rare photograph of the back of the east tower. The clothes of the clamberers would suggest 1900s, but the card may be later. |
Not an unusual view, but of interest as it's by a local publisher, R P Smithers of Forest Row. Compare the foliage with the next Frith. |
Wide rear-view, lots of foliage obscuring the ruin. Harding Photo 1907. |
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| A romantically hued watercolour by C. Essenhigh Corke (1908) from Lady Hope's 'English Homes & Villages - Kent & Sussex'. |
Lovely watercolour by Ernest Marillier, painted in 1911 for 'The Wonderful Weald' - published by Mills & Boon! |
Postmarked 1916, this Sayers Bros. (Photo Series 982) gives a great view of the gatehouse before it was augmented with supporting brickwork. |
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| Postmarked 1925 and locally published by A G Wheller of Dormansland, the ruin seems more tree than stone here. |
In 1931 The Sussex Archaeology Society produced this front elevation drawing that included the missing sections. By now all the creeping greenery had been cleared. |
This Frith (FRW.24) front-side view is far enough back to show the gate on the left. Unknown date, probably 1930s. |
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| Frith colour postcard, postmarked 1956 (the serial number, 83753, indicates a 1931 card) - another nice long shot of the side of the ruin and the farm buildings behind it. |
This photograph comes from a 1959 book that implied the ruin was built in 1070. 1631 is the true date, but a manor certainly existed on the land of 'Brambertie' as detailed in The Domesday Book. |
And here is Brambletye as it appears today (photo taken Sept 2005). |
