Henry Euean Rumble’s Architectural Works
Compiled by Mark Rumble:
Henry was my great Grandfather.
He was an architect, as had been his father, Thomas. He was a very fine artist,
and left us a book of his “Executed Works”, containing beautiful drawings and
plans in his own hand. He had built some fine houses, school buildings and a
completed large number of restorations of churches in the vicinity of
Eastbourne. There is a good deal of his work still extant, and I have
photographed some of the buildings.
Should you wish to print any of the drawings they will print finely enough to be framed and hung,. They can be printed from the .bmp files in the folder H Rumble, and even the pencil drawings look much better when printed in colour.
Mark Rumble outside Jevington Church, 1999.
In the Spring of 1999, Julie and I visited the area, to see what we could find.
and on the postcard
Henry’s drawing.
Amusingly the entry in the church guidebook refers to an “unfortunate but well intentioned restoration” without naming the architect. I left my details in the visitors book and corresponded later about great grandfathers work. (Which indeed looks excellent!)
Looking down the hill from the Church, the rectory that Great Grandfather also modified, can be seen.
Henry’s ground plans
and his drawing of the rectory. The Victorian conservatory looks likely never to have been built.
Blackwater Villas, Eastbourne, 1999.
Henry’s architectural plans of Blackwater Villas
with a good colour printer you will find that these are wonderfully detailed.
Christ Church Schools above; St Saviours School below.
St Saviour’s school
view from the school towards the church
St Saviours Parsonage, by H.E.R., now the site of a block of flats.
Eastbourne College – Blackwater House, as designed by H E Rumble
Blackwater House had been demolished 2 years before, and stood behind the trees.
Westham Church
as drawn by Henry Euean Rumble
and the local post card
un-named churches as drawn and restored by H.E.R.
Miss Swift’s house – isn’t this pretty!
Heatherbrae
