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Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county". Ightham Mote and its gardens are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public. Wikipedia
The core of the house dates from the 1340s, although a complicated series of alterations and additions were made in the late 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. A moat surrounds all four wings of the house, which in turn is built around an open courtyard.
Ightham Mote bears few external signs of change in architectural style. This is partly due to the modest ambitions of its successive owners, who expanded the house as their needs dictated, only doing so in a manner sympathetic to the medieval origins of the house.
From atop Maple Pass, one can watch clouds swim through the jagged North Cascades and occasionally provide a window to a spectacular light show on nearby peaks
Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in Kent is a medieval moated manor house dating from circa 1320. It consists of 70 rooms built around a central courtyard. The architect is unknown but the first recorded owner was Sir Thomas Cawne who resided there in the middle of the 14th century. The house has been owned by several different families over subsequent centuries.
The last owner, Charles Henry Robinson of Maine, USA, purchased it in 1953 having known it from being stationed nearby during the Second World War. He lived there for only 14 weeks a year for tax reasons and made many urgent repairs. In 1965 he gave Ightham Mote and its contents to the National Trust who still maintain the property to the present day. In 1989 the National Trust commenced a 15 year conservation project costing 10 million pounds.
In 1952 the house was listed as a grade 1 property and is therefore legally protected from alteration or demolition without prior approval from the local authority
A 14th Century moated Manor House in Kent we visited a few weeks ago. The timber beams were added by some Victorians who wanted to make it look old!! Now in the care of the National Trust.
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M11 Voightlander 21mm Ightham Mote is one of the oldest medieval manor houses to survive in England first built in 1340
one of great things about snow storms is the abundance of puddles afterwards! ...well, at least great for photographers.