The Crabbet Park Real Tennis Court was built by Joseph Bickley for Neville Stephen Bulwer-Lytton (1879-1951) and Judith Blunt Lytton (1873-1957; 16th Baroness Wentworth 1917-57) in 1907.
The following photographs (Copyright English Heritage) were taken on 26 July, 1907. The Tennis Court and Orangery were listed Grade II in 1983 for more information on the building registration: English Heritage.
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- Crabbet Park 26 July 1907 (English Heritage)
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- Crabbet Park 26 July 1907 (English Heritage)
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- Crabbet Park 26 July 1907 (English Heritage)
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- Crabbet Park 26 July 1907 (English Heritage)
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- Crabbet Park 26 July 1907 (English Heritage)
The group photograph (Left to Right): Joseph Bickley (court “client” architect/builder, Fred Covey (?), Neville Stephen Lytton*, Judith Blunt Lytton (Lady Wentworth), maid (?), 2 grounds keepers (?)
*According to the Bedford Lemere daybook the Hon. N.S. Lytton competed in the 1908 Olympics and won the Bronze medal for exhibition Real Tennis competition.
View Neville-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton’s Wikipedia entry.
View Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth’s Wikipedia entry.
“Lady Wentworth’s will stipulated that Crabbet be left to her stud manager and tennis marker Geoffrey Covey, but he had died a few days earlier than Lady Wentworth, thus the Stud passed to his son, Cecil.” – Wikipedia entry on Judith Blunt-Lytton.
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- Baroness Wentworth 16 August 1923 © National Portrait Gallery
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- Baroness Wentworth 16 August 1923 © National Portrait Gallery
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- Baroness Wentworth 16 August 1923 © National Portrait Gallery
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- Baroness Wentworth 16 August 1923 © National Portrait Gallery
Whole-plate glass negative images taken 16 August, 1923 by Bassano ltd
Judith Anne Dorothea Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth
NPG x30874 © National Portrait Gallery, London