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The house, now known as Lullingstone Castle was built between 1543 and 1580 by Sir Percyvall Hart as Lullingstone House. It is a Grade II* listed building in red brick and of three storeys. Traces of the original 16th-century building can be seen in the north and east fronts, between which is the remodelled two-storey Queen Anne entrance front ...
Lullingstone is a rural hamlet in the civil parish of Eynsford, in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England, located south east of Swanley. It is best known for its castle, Roman villa and its public golf course. Lullingstone was a civil parish until 1955. The parish was in Axstane Hundred and its successor Dartford Rural District.
Sir John Peché (died 1521), owner of the manor of Lullingstone, was a knight banneret, Lord Deputy of Calais and Sheriff of Kent. [3] The rood screen, made in the early 16th century, was the gift of Sir John. His tomb, carved in great detail, is between the chancel and the north chapel: the chapel was constructed to accommodate the tomb. [2]
He is the son and heir of Guy and Sarah Hart Dyke at the family seat of Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford, Kent. [1] He is the designer of the World Garden of Plants located on the property. The World Garden contains approximately 8,000 species of plants, many collected by Hart Dyke from their native environments.
Lullingstone Country Park is near Eynsford, in Kent, England.A former deer park of a large estate, it was later sold to become an open-space and woodland park. The park and Lullingstone Castle are a Scheduled Monument, [2] and an area of 66.4-hectare (164-acre) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest Kent.
Warwick Castle Over its 950 years of history it has been owned by 36 different individuals, plus four periods as crown property under seven different monarchs. It was the family seat of three separate creations of the Earls of Warwick, and has been a family home for members of the Beaumont , Beauchamp, Neville, Plantagenet , Dudley and Greville ...
The Swinton Estate is a large privately owned estate in North Yorkshire, England.It comprises some 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of countryside in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, extending 10 miles (16 km) west from the River Ure near Masham. [1]
Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated in Lullingstone near the village of Eynsford in Kent, south-eastern England. The villa is located in the Darent Valley , along with six others, including those at Crofton , Crayford and Dartford . [ 1 ]