Listed Building record TQ 65 SE 24 - Mereworth Castle

Summary

Mereworth Castle with east and west pavilions. Built by Colin Campbell for John Fane between 1720 and 1730, it was a straight copy of Palladio's famous villa overlooking Vicenza, the Villa Rotonda/Villa Capra/Villa Almerico. Mereworth Castle is the closest English imitation of a Palladian villa and therefore a key monument of the English Palladian movement. It was originally a moated castle, and has numerous impressive additions including the east and west pavillions and a triumphal arch. Summary from record TQ 65 SE 171: Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TQ 66895 53229 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ65SE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish MEREWORTH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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<1> OS 1:10000 1978 (OS Card Reference). SKE48163.

<2> Country Houses of Kent (A Oswald) (OS Card Reference). SKE39311.

<3> MHLG Malling RD Kent May 1950 58 (OS Card Reference). SKE47139.

<4> Archit of Colin Campbell 1967 54-8 (H Stutchbury) (OS Card Reference). SKE37351.

<5> The Palladians 1981 66-7 (J Ham's) (OS Card Reference). SKE50460.

<6> Country Life 47 808 876 912 (OS Card Reference). SKE39435.

<7> Country Life 95 242 (OS Card Reference). SKE39464.

<8> Country Life 104 728 (OS Card Reference). SKE39377.

<9> Country Life 116 209 (OS Card Reference). SKE39386.

<10> DOE(HHR) Boro of Tonbridge and Malling Kent April 1985 45-48 (OS Card Reference). SKE40853.

<11> The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 419-421 illus (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50145.

<12> Arch J 126 1969 254 (DJV Fitz-Gerald) (OS Card Reference). SKE36559.

<13> Trans Battle and Dist Hist Soc 7 1958 24-5 (OS Card Reference). SKE50627.

<14> Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 (Ed CJ Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47281.

<15> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36151.

<16> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<17> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<18> Historic England, Archive material associated with Mereworth Casle, Listed Building (Archive). SKE53850.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1978.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Country Houses of Kent (A Oswald).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: MHLG Malling RD Kent May 1950 58.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Archit of Colin Campbell 1967 54-8 (H Stutchbury).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: The Palladians 1981 66-7 (J Ham's).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Country Life 47 808 876 912.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Country Life 95 242.
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Country Life 104 728.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Country Life 116 209.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of Tonbridge and Malling Kent April 1985 45-48.
  • <11> OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 419-421 illus (J Newman).
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 254 (DJV Fitz-Gerald).
  • <13> OS Card Reference: Trans Battle and Dist Hist Soc 7 1958 24-5.
  • <14> OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 (Ed CJ Bond).
  • <15> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton-Brown).
  • <16> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
  • <17>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #13553 House, ]
  • <18> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Mereworth Casle, Listed Building.

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2021 12:13PM