Bawdsey Manor

[5] Bawdsey Manor was built in 1886 and enlarged in 1895[3] by William Quilter who was an art collector, one of the founders of the National Telephone Company, and was Liberal/Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for Sudbury.

[6] He established a steam-powered chain ferry across the River Deben in 1894 to access the nearest railway station at Felixstowe.

When Maude wanted a head gardener at Horwood House, she recruited Harry and he remained there for the rest of his life.

Bawdsey was the Air Ministry's secret radar research establishment until this moved away on the outbreak of war in 1939.

[2] The Manor, grounds, and associated buildings were used from 1994 to 2016 to house Alexanders College, a boarding and day school for children from ages 11 to 18.