THE RUINS OF OLD SCOTNEY CASTLE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1085287
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1954
- Statutory Address:
- THE RUINS OF OLD SCOTNEY CASTLE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE RUINS OF OLD SCOTNEY CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lamberhurst
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 68968 35229
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 170061
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Newman, J, The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, (1980), 506-7
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
