Lynsted Park And Adjacent Garden Walls

Lynsted Park is a house built in 1599 and 1829, originally for Sir John Roper, the first Baron Teynham. The building features red brick construction and a slate roof. It was originally designed in an E-plan with four storeys but now has an L-shaped plan with two storeys on a plinth. The hipped roof has stacks located to the centre left and a projecting end to the right.

On the first floor, there are three glazing bar sash windows with eight panes each, while the ground floor has three sash windows with twelve panes to the left of the porch, along with a large 19th-century oriel window to the right and a glazing bar sash below it. The porch, located centre right, is two storeys tall and constructed of red brick with ashlared dressings on an ashlar base. It features a semi-circular doorway arch with imposts, Doric columns, a bracket frieze, and Ionic columns with a cornice on the first floor, along with a six-light mullioned window.

At the rear, there is a part-enclosed arcade with three bays to the left and two bays to the right of a panelled door that has a 'Gibbs' surround and a shaped gable decorated with strapwork, though its date is uncertain. The interior has been significantly altered due to the demolition of much of the house in 1829. It includes an entrance hall with a bolection moulded doorway, moulded spandrels, and decorated jamb stops. Internal mullioned windows that originally opened to the courtyard have been infilled. The upstairs rooms feature plastered ceilings, which have been cut off at the edges due to the 1829 demolition and are based on portrait medallions of classical heroes and coats of arms.

To the right of the porch, there is a room with a pendant ceiling, a grotesque and strapwork frieze, and a painted overmantel depicting two achievements. Both rooms are wainscotted, with some elements dating back to the 16th century and partially reset. There is also some 18th-century bolection moulded dado panelling. To the south of the house, there is an externally accessed underground chamber, likely originally an internal cellar. To the north, a large 18th-century walled garden features red brick walls that are seven feet high, with overall dimensions of approximately 50 yards by 150 yards.