House & Family History: In 1782 Vinters was purchased by the prosperous papermaker James Whatman, whose neighboring estate of Turkey Court adjoined the Vinters Estate. Whatman remodeled Vinters in the then-popular Wyatt style. The House is most notable today as the home of Whatman's wife, Susannah Whatman, whose 1770s book, "Housekeeping Book," was first published in 1956. Vinters was demolished in 1952.

Collections: Humphry Repton's Red Book for Vinters (Whatman died before the improvements suggested by Repton could be carried out) and Paul Sandby's 1794 "A View of Vinters at Boxley, Kent, with Mr. Whatman's Turkey Paper Mills," once both owned by James Whatman, are today both in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. II, p. 153, 1855.

House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Destroyed

Past Seat / Home of: James Whatman, 18th century.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No