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Landscape record TQ 55 SE 153 - Underriver House historic garden
Summary
A garden comprising compartmentalised formal areas, notable specimen trees and informal lawns dating from the C18, C19 and C20 surrounding an early C18 house with C19 additions. The painter Samuel Palmer (1805 -1881) and a fellow artist from his circle, known as the ‘Ancients’, lodged at Underriver House and Shoads Farm (the former Shoads Manor), Palmer referring to the location as “The Golden Valley”; his painting ‘Farm Buildings’ c1840 may depict Shoads Farm. Rosemary Hume, the internationally-known Cordon Bleu cook, was born at the house in the early C20
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 5666 5214 (253m by 256m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ55SE |
| County | KENT |
| Civil Parish | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
| District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Full Description
<1> Kent Gardens Trust, 2011, Underriver, Sevenoaks: The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Sevenoaks District (Unpublished document). SKE30617.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE30617 Unpublished document: Kent Gardens Trust. 2011. Underriver, Sevenoaks: The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Sevenoaks District.
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2015 5:25PM