LAMBERHURST SCOTNEY TQ 63 NE 3/222 Scotney Castle with courtyards and garden 20.10.54 terrace GV I House. Designed 1835 and executed 1837-1844. Anthony Salvin, architect, for Edward Hussey. Sandstone (the house overlooks its own quarry) and slate roof. Tudor style notable for its assured, Picturesque handling, relying on proportion and balance rather than forced symmetry. Multi-gabled composition with battlemented tower and mullioned windows and bays throughout. Garden terrace to east, enclosed by balustraded walls, and kitchen and stable courtyards attached to north, with arched gateways and the latter with clock tower. Interior: largely decorated in Jacobean style, with much imported C17 panelling, woodwork fireplaces etc., mostly Flemish in origin. The house was home to the architectural writer Christopher Hussey, and is fully described by him in Country Life, Sept. 6th. and 13th., 1956 and remains unaltered externally and internally. Listing NGR: TQ6873635366