Scotney Castle With Courtyards And Garden Terrace

Scotney Castle, designed in 1835 and built between 1837 and 1844, is a house located in Lamberhurst, Kent. The architect Anthony Salvin created this Tudor-style building for Edward Hussey, using sandstone from its own quarry and a slate roof. The design features a multi-gabled layout with a battlemented tower, and it showcases mullioned windows and bays throughout. To the east, there is a garden terrace enclosed by balustraded walls, while to the north, there are kitchen and stable courtyards with arched gateways, including a clock tower in the stable courtyard. Inside, the castle is largely decorated in Jacobean style, featuring imported 17th-century panelling and woodwork, much of which is of Flemish origin. The house was home to architectural writer Christopher Hussey, who provided a detailed description of it in Country Life on September 6th and 13th, 1956. Scotney Castle remains unaltered both externally and internally.