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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 NE 377 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Manor Park, West Malling |
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Summary
Manor Park is an 18th-century estate landscaped by Thomas Douce.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6800 5718 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65NE |
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| Parish: | WEST MALLING, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PARK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Manor Park is an 18th-century estate landscaped by Thomas Douce. Since 1976 the estate has been open as a public park and is a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. Features include a large lake which is home to a wide variety of wildlife, mature trees and the remains of an ice house. (1)
A survey in 2009 recorded extant historic features within the park, including the ice house and earthworks relating to a carriage drive and earlier field boundaries. (2)
<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.
<2> Nicola Bannister, 2009, Manor Park Country Park Nr West Malling, Kent: Historic Environment Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE17954.
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 | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 2009. Manor Park Country Park Nr West Malling, Kent: Historic Environment Assessment. |
