Description

LAMBERHURST SCOTNEY
TQ 63 NE
3/222 Scotney Castle with
courtyards and garden
20.10.54 terrace
GV I

House. Designed 1835 and executed 1837-1844. Anthony Salvin, architect, for Edward
Hussey. Sandstone (the house overlooks its own quarry) and slate roof. Tudor style
notable for its assured, Picturesque handling, relying on proportion and balance
rather than forced symmetry. Multi-gabled composition with battlemented tower and
mullioned windows and bays throughout. Garden terrace to east, enclosed by
balustraded walls, and kitchen and stable courtyards attached to north, with arched
gateways and the latter with clock tower. Interior: largely decorated in Jacobean
style, with much imported C17 panelling, woodwork fireplaces etc., mostly Flemish in
origin. The house was home to the architectural writer Christopher Hussey, and is
fully described by him in Country Life, Sept. 6th. and 13th., 1956 and remains
unaltered externally and internally.

Listing NGR: TQ6873435373

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Scotney Castle at Wikipedia
• Scotney Castle official website
• Wikidata Q7435720

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