View across a field to a house with 'Dering' windows
- Date:
- 1955 - 1959
- Location:
- Pluckley, Ashford, Kent
- Reference:
- AA079675
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Description
'Dering' windows were installed by landowner Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering (1807-1896) in houses on his estate to bring good luck, on the basis of a story that one of his ancestors escaped from the Roundheads through a similar window.
Content
This is part of the Series: GAY01/09 Counties; within the Collection: GAY01 John Gay Collection
Rights
© Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Gay, John
Keywords
House