Landscape record TQ 53 NE 351 - Beacon Hotel Cold Bath and Tea Gardens, Tunbridge Wells

Summary

An early 18th century pleasure garden, including a spring-fed cold bath and a series of three descending ponds, set in a wooded valley. Its surviving features were incorporated into a tea garden in the early 19th century and, subsequently, into the private garden of an 1894 house (Rusthall Beacon).

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5635 3899 (307m by 399m)
Map sheet TQ53NE
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

<1> Barbara Simms, 2009, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough: Beacon Hotel Cold Bath and Tea Gardens, Tunbridge Wells (Unpublished document). SKE16060.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Barbara Simms. 2009. The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough: Beacon Hotel Cold Bath and Tea Gardens, Tunbridge Wells.

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2024 2:35PM