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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 SE 275 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Mere House, Mereworth |
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Summary
Mere House, Mereworth
| Grid Reference: | TQ 65740 53401 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65SE |
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| Parish: | MEREWORTH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GARDEN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1780 AD to 2050 AD)
- LAKE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1780 AD to 2050 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Modern - 1987 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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DESCRIPTION
Principal building:
Rectory Created 1780
HISTORY
Site timeline
1837 to 1901: Victorian garden laid out.
1958: Additional garden laid out.
1987 to 1997: Earthwork bund created to reduce road noise.
Features
lake
walk
earthwork
Feature created: 1987 to 1997
There is a large perimeter bund on the southern and western edges of the park. The bund measures 400 metres x 80 metres x 2.5 to 8 metres high. It was created to reduce road noise, and is now planted with trees. It is thought to be the largest private earthwork in Kent.
lawn
Extensive lawns.
specimen tree
(1-2)
<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.
<2> Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org). |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). |
