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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 74 NW 240 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Hunton Court |
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Summary
Early 17th century 100 acre garden and parkland surrounding house of same age.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 72519 49681 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ74NW |
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| Parish: | HUNTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DRIVE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- KITCHEN GARDEN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- LAKE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- ORNAMENTAL BRIDGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- PARK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- WALK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- WALLED GARDEN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Historic Park or Garden 148: Hunton Court; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Early 17th century 100 acre garden and parkland, Hunton Court, Maidstone |
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Full description
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Early 17th century park of 43.5 hectares (104.7 acres) associated with the house of the same period. Layout has Victorian features including 2 lakes, kitchen garden and specimen trees.
3.5 hectares (8 acres) garden, 40 hectares (100 acres) parkland. Private family home owned by Mr Devas.
Long drive from the north to the house through grazed parkland. The house was embellished in 1840. Specimen trees surround the lakes. 2 acre walled garden is to east of house. Naturalistic lake with mown sweeps. Replanting ongoing after 1987 storm. (1)
<1> Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). |
