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Latitude: 51.0915 / 51°5'29"N
Longitude: 0.4115 / 0°24'41"E
OS Eastings: 568968
OS Northings: 135229
OS Grid: TQ689352
Mapcode National: GBR NRW.GTV
Mapcode Global: FRA C6R7.G42
Plus Code: 9F323CR6+HH
Entry Name: The Ruins of Old Scotney Castle
Listing Date: 20 October 1954
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1085287
English Heritage Legacy ID: 170061
Also known as: Scotney Castle
ID on this website: 101085287
Location: Kilndown, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Lamberhurst
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Lamberhurst St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Castle Manor house
LAMBERHURST SCOTNEY
TQ 63 NE
3/224 The Ruins of Old Scotney
Castle
20.10.54
GV I
Castle, now partly ruinous. 1378, altered C16 and early C17. Sandstone, timber
framing, rendered, and red brick, largely in English bond. Plain tiled roofs. The
ruins lie on the innermost of two islands in the River Teise, and are reached by a
stone causeway, the whole island bordered by red brick and stone walls, all of
which are included in this item. Castle founded by Roger Ashburnham 1378-80, the
principal remnant of this phase is the round machicolated tower, attached to C16
domestic building, with good interior features, especially enriched C17 stair. Ruins
to east of large and ambitious extension of c.1635, and showing advanced, if crude
use of classical motifs and proportions. The castle, and especially the C17 wing,
was carefully partly dismantled by Edward Hussey on the building of his new house
overlooking this site, creating one of the last and greatest picturesque landscaped
gardens. The castle is now in the hands of the National Trust, and is fully
described in their guide book, and in B.O.E. Kent, I, 506-7.
Listing NGR: TQ6896835229
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