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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SE 337 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of the Medieval Predecessor to Mote House, 'Mote Place' Maidstone |
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Summary
Mentioned in the building survey of Mote House Maidstone, and in the park conservation this building, a manor house, was moated and may have has a licence to crenellate.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7777 5467 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1700 AD? (between))
Full description
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According to the source and historical documents Mote Place stood on the south bank of the river Len. In the 14th century the manor was given a licence to crenellate and 'imparked', it is said to be one of the earliest deer parks (1). According to the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (2) the manor is known to have been moated. This source also postulates that the site of the house is now covered by the substantial lake built in the 19th century. (2)
<1> Maidstone Borough Council, 2008, Mote Park, Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE16008.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2006, Mote Park, Maidstone: An Historic Building Survey of the House and its Outbuildings (Unpublished document). SKE15998.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Maidstone Borough Council. 2008. Mote Park, Maidstone. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2006. Mote Park, Maidstone: An Historic Building Survey of the House and its Outbuildings. |
