{"id":"69394e147202e9abd62bd099","title":"Limpsfield Chart And Crockham Hill","path":"walks/routes/recommended/limpsfield-chart-and-crockham-hill","contentMarkdown":"# Kent Ramblers: Walk 14\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_014.jpg)\n\n## Points of Interest\n\n### Trevereux&nbsp; House\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014c.jpg)\n\nA Grade II listed manor, it was gutted by fire in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1987 but the Queen Anne fa'ade survived.  It was \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\trebuilt in the 1990s by Richard Stilgoe, a well-known \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbroadcaster, writer and performer who wrote the lyrics \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express.  The \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfine pond attracts large numbers of waterfowl and the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tisland boasts a splendid duck house with classical \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolumns.\n\n### Octavia Hill\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014d.jpg)\n\nAlthough best remembered as a joint founder of the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNational Trust, Octavia Hill spent much of her life \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttrying to improve living conditions for the poor, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tespecially in the slums of Southwark.  John Ruskin, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\ta formative influence in her life and advocate of the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPre-Raphaelites, bought three slum properties and gave \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthem to Octavia to manage.\n\n![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014a.jpg)\n\nAutomatically migrated from https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_014.htm on 2025-12-11 09:18","contentHtml":"<h1>Kent Ramblers: Walk 14</h1>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_014.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<h2>Points of Interest</h2>\n<h3>Trevereux&nbsp; House</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014c.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>A Grade II listed manor, it was gutted by fire in \n\t\t\t\t\t\t1987 but the Queen Anne fa&#39;ade survived.  It was \n\t\t\t\t\t\trebuilt in the 1990s by Richard Stilgoe, a well-known \n\t\t\t\t\t\tbroadcaster, writer and performer who wrote the lyrics \n\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Andrew Lloyd Webber&#39;s Starlight Express.  The \n\t\t\t\t\t\tfine pond attracts large numbers of waterfowl and the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tisland boasts a splendid duck house with classical \n\t\t\t\t\t\tcolumns.</p>\n<h3>Octavia Hill</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014d.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>Although best remembered as a joint founder of the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tNational Trust, Octavia Hill spent much of her life \n\t\t\t\t\t\ttrying to improve living conditions for the poor, \n\t\t\t\t\t\tespecially in the slums of Southwark.  John Ruskin, \n\t\t\t\t\t\ta formative influence in her life and advocate of the \n\t\t\t\t\t\tPre-Raphaelites, bought three slum properties and gave \n\t\t\t\t\t\tthem to Octavia to manage.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P014a.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>Automatically migrated from <a href=\"https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_014.htm\">https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/walk_014.htm</a> on 2025-12-11 09:18</p>\n"}