Built / Designed For: Sir Francis Bacon

House & Family History: Gillingham is a Jacobean E-plan house with significant Georgian additions.

Collections: William Hogarth's famous "Francis Matthew Schutz Vomiting from His Bed" was sold to the Norwich Castle Museum in 1989 for £250,000.

Chapel & Church: In the 19th century J.G. Kenyon built the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in the park.

John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. III, 1820.

House Listed: Grade II*

Park Listed: Not Listed

Current Seat / Home of: Edward Haughey; here since 2014.

Past Seat / Home of: Everard family, 17th century. Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. (of Redgrave), until 1624; Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Bt. (of Gillingham), until 1666; Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Bt., 1666-83; Sir Richard Bacon, 3rd Bt., 1683-85; Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt. (of Mildenhall), until 1721; Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Bt., 1721-38; Sir Edmund Bacon, 6th Bt., 1738-50. Francis Matthew Schutz, 18th century. Admiral Henry Eden, 19th century. John George Kenyon, late 19th century; J.R. Kenyon, 20th century. John Todhunter, until 1980. Robin Bramley, late 20th century. Hassanain al-Nakeeb, 2000-05. Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, 2005-14.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No