The Ruins Of Old Scotney Castle

LAMBERHURST SCOTNEY TQ 63 NE 3/224 The Ruins of Old Scotney Castle 20.10.54 GV I

Castle, now partly ruinous. 1378, altered C16 and early C17. Sandstone, timber framing, rendered, and red brick, largely in English bond. Plain tiled roofs. The ruins lie on the innermost of two islands in the River Teise, and are reached by a stone causeway, the whole island bordered by red brick and stone walls, all of which are included in this item. Castle founded by Roger Ashburnham 1378-80, the principal remnant of this phase is the round machicolated tower, attached to C16 domestic building, with good interior features, especially enriched C17 stair. Ruins to east of large and ambitious extension of c.1635, and showing advanced, if crude use of classical motifs and proportions. The castle, and especially the C17 wing, was carefully partly dismantled by Edward Hussey on the building of his new house overlooking this site, creating one of the last and greatest picturesque landscaped gardens. The castle is now in the hands of the National Trust, and is fully described in their guide book, and in B.O.E. Kent, I, 506-7.

Listing NGR: TQ6896835229