Samuel Palmer's somewhat disreputable father, Samuel Palmer …
Years: 1827 - 1827
Samuel Palmer's somewhat disreputable father, Samuel Palmer senior, moves to the area, his brother Nathaniel having offered him an allowance that would "make him a gentlemen" and so restore the good name of the family.
Palmer senior rents half of the Queen Anne-era 'Waterhouse' which still stands by the River Darent at Shoreham and is now given the slightly grander-sounding name of 'Water House'.
Palmer's nurse, Mary Ward, and his other son William join him here.
The Waterhouse is used to accommodate overflow guests from "Rat Abbey".
