Landscape record TQ 75 SE 341 - Mote Park, 18th-19th Century landscape

Summary

An 18th and 19th-century landscape park created from an earlier deer park, set at the east edge of Maidstone. The park surrounds a 1790s country house with informal, mid-19th-century pleasure grounds. The earthwork remains of an earlier formal garden of the early to mid-18th century, related to the site of the former mansion, lie within the park.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 77806 54841 (1723m by 1382m)
Map sheet TQ75SE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.

Maidstone Borough Council, 2008, Mote Park, Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE16008.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Maidstone Borough Council. 2008. Mote Park, Maidstone.
  • --- Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org).

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2024 2:26PM