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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 206 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Chart Cottage |
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Summary
A small garden of unknown size designed by Gertrude Jekyll in 1907 around a house, which was constructed of three previously individual houses of varying age. Features include a rose garden and 'Roman well,' though the date of the well is now thought to be more likely post medieval.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5693 5661 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WELL? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ROSE GARDEN (Modern - 1907 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Historic Park or Garden 43: Chart Cottage, Seal Chart |
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Full description
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Parks and gardens online ID: 765
A small garden of unknown size designed by Gertrude Jekyll in 1907 around a house, which was constructed of three previously individual houses of varying age. Features include a rose garden and Roman well. (1)
A 2011 review of the available information and archive material made no mention of the 'Roman well'. (2)
Well examined by representative of the Kent Underground Research Group in 2016. Thought to be more likely associated with the house and therefore of 17th century date (Pers comm).
<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.
<2> Kent Gardens Trust, 2011, Chart Cottage, Sevenoaks: The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Sevenoaks District (Unpublished document). SKE30602.
<3> Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Kent Gardens Trust. 2011. Chart Cottage, Sevenoaks: The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Sevenoaks District. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). |
