TQ 83 NW 14 - Sissinghurst Castle Gardens - Historic Environment Record

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Landscape record TQ 83 NW 14 - Sissinghurst Castle Gardens

Summary

20th century gardens created by Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson on a run down site near Cranbrook in the 1930s. It was opened to the public in 1938. The gardens are set in the grounds of an Elizabethan mansion which was formerly the site of a Medieval stone manor. There are 10 separate gardens with profuse and varied planting contained in distinct formal areas. There is also a moat and a statue of Dionysus. Summary from record TQ 83 NW 97: Mid C20 formal garden, created on a medieval moated site, with surviving built features of the C16 and with adjacent land which formed part of a C16 park and which was planted with parkland trees in the C19.

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 8065 3817 (920m by 460m) GCE
Map sheet	TQ83NW
County	KENT
District	TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish	CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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<1> English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987) (OS Card Reference). SKE41622.

<2> Country Life (28 Aug 1942) 410-413 (OS Card Reference). SKE39351.

<3> Country Life (4 Sept 1942) 458-461 (OS Card Reference). SKE39362.

<4> Country Life (11 Sept 1942) 506-509 (OS Card Reference). SKE39321.

<5> Nicolson N(1978)Sissinghurst Castle(guidebook) (OS Card Reference). SKE47566.

<6> Sackville-West V(1986)The Illustrated Garden Book (OS Card Reference). SKE49390.

<7> Scott-James A(1975)Sissinghurst (OS Card Reference). SKE49415.

<8> Thomas G S(1979)Gardens of the National Trust. 214-216 (OS Card Reference). SKE50562.

<9> Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 95-104 (OS Card Reference). SKE51413.

Sources/Archives (9)

<1> SKE41622 OS Card Reference: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987).
<2> SKE39351 OS Card Reference: Country Life (28 Aug 1942) 410-413.
<3> SKE39362 OS Card Reference: Country Life (4 Sept 1942) 458-461.
<4> SKE39321 OS Card Reference: Country Life (11 Sept 1942) 506-509.
<5> SKE47566 OS Card Reference: Nicolson N(1978)Sissinghurst Castle(guidebook).
<6> SKE49390 OS Card Reference: Sackville-West V(1986)The Illustrated Garden Book.
<7> SKE49415 OS Card Reference: Scott-James A(1975)Sissinghurst.
<8> SKE50562 OS Card Reference: Thomas G S(1979)Gardens of the National Trust. 214-216.
<9> SKE51413 OS Card Reference: Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 95-104.