Mote House

Mote House is a large, square mansion built between 1793 and 1801 for the Earl of Romney. The architect was Daniel Alexander. It is constructed of stone, with the north front faced in white brick, and has a slate roof. The house has three storeys and a basement. The north front has nine windows, a cornice, and a parapet. It is composed of a central block flanked by two projecting wings. The central block features segmental-headed windows on the ground floor, with recessed panels above them. The wings each have a lunette window on the second floor, and a curved bay of three windows on the ground and first floors projecting beyond the wings, finished with a cornice and parapet that continues as a stringcourse. Glazing bars are intact.

The south front, which faces the park and is the principal front, has eleven windows, a cornice, and a parapet. Like the north front, it features a central block with two projecting wings. Curved bays of three windows each on the ground and first floors further project beyond the wings, topped with a cornice and parapet that continues as a stringcourse. Lunette windows are located on the second floor of each wing. A hexastyle Ionic portico with a dentilled cornice is situated between the wings. Glazing bars are intact.

The west, or entrance, front has seven windows and a porch with Tuscan columns, which was enclosed in the mid-19th century. The house was visited by George III in 1799, when he attended a review of Volunteers in the park held by Lord Romney, who was Lord Lieutenant of Kent.

The interior has undergone considerable alteration. One ground-floor room retains a decorated cornice dating from the original construction. The library contains an 18th-century marble fireplace with swags and scrolling sides, and the entrance hall has a fireplace dating to circa 1800.

Mote House possesses group value with the Stables to Mote House.