He was presented to the vicarage of Thurnham in the same county, with the church of Aldington annexed, on 27 March 1600, and that benefice till 1613.
Since the site is located principally in a designated Special Landscape Area in the lee of the Kent Downs (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and with close proximity to the historic medieval villages of Bearsted, Thurnham, Hollingbourne and Lenham, the project received extensive criticism and objections from local residents and Members of Parliament.
It was originally the residence of John Pierce Chamberlain Starkie (1830-1888).
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