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Ightham Mote (pronounced "item moat"), 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. The house is a Grade I listed building, and parts of it are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The earliest sections of the house date from around 1340.
One of my favourite National Trust properties but as with all NT houses the dog policy meant that we could only visit the car park? Photos taken from a footpath looking over a wall like a pleb looking up to the land owners country-seat!
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.
Ightham Mote garden in winter - On the slope, beneath the silvery bark of the birches, a charming array of cyclamen and snowdrops appear gradually. Whilst alongside the vibrant stems of the dogwood (Cornus), the bowed heads of the hellebores greet you
Igtham Mote and well , that is one way to do the gardening , a few seconds after the shot that bit of weed growing on the near corner by the downpipe was gone and into one of the bags on the raft .
Ightham Mote, Kent. Described as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county". National Trust, near Sevenoaks.
This was taken from inside the gift shop at National Trust Ightham Mote . The shot for this week for the SSC group is a window looking out and this would have done nicely - but it was taken a week too early !
This Window is part way up the staircase to the upper floor and just caught my eye .
for sight and sound
The mote wall around the house
Ightham Mote (pronounced "item moat") is a medieval moated manor house close to the village of Ightham, near Sevenoaks in Kent, England.
Ightham Mote and its gardens are owned by the National Trust and open to the public. The house is a Grade I listed building, and parts of it are a Scheduled Ancient Monument