View of Quex House, Birchington, Kent
Quex House was built as a Regency gentleman's country residence and grew to become the Victorian mansion we see today. Still home to the Powell-Cotton family, it has a mellow atmosphere, many of the rooms appearing much as they did during Major Powell-Cotton's lifetime and complemented by flowers from the walled gardens at Quex. There are some splendid pieces of oriental and period furniture, fine rugs and porcelain as well as family portraits and an extensive collection of silver, clocks and memorabilia. The House also has an Internationally important collections of African and Asian mammals inc many Type specimens, especially higher primate skeletal, and ethnography; weapons - firearms, cutting weapons and cannon; decorative arts from Britain, Europe, se Asia and the Far East; archaeology from East Kent; photographic and film collection of African zoology and culture; fine collection of African and Asian travel and hunting books; archival material relating to Rowland Ward's taxidermy and extensive supporting evidence for the collections. The founder of the collection was Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, who explored Africa and Asia between 1887 and 1939.
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Location: Quex House, Birchington, Kent
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