Landscape record TQ 64 NW 31 - Somerhill park

Summary

C17/C18 park with C19 formal gardens Somerhill is situated immediately east of Tonbridge, on the north-east side of the A21, Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells trunk road. The 159ha site, which comprises c 6ha of formal and ornamental gardens and 153ha of parkland, farmland, and woodland, lies on undulating ground which rises south-eastwards from the floor of a stream valley running across the north-west corner to the crest of a high ridge. There are extensive views from the upper slopes across the Medway valley 2km to the north and to farmed and wooded ridges beyond Tunbridge Wells to the west and south-west. Park paling encloses the north-west and south-west boundaries from adjacent major roads (A21 and A26), beyond which lies the developed edge of Tonbridge (to the north-west) and wooded farmland (to the south-west). Five Oak Green Road (a minor road) runs along the northern boundary, with farmland and orchards beyond, while to the south-east, the estate's farmland and woodland merge into a similar landscape

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6071 4486 (2102m by 1349m) GCE
Map sheet TQ64SW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (10)

Full Description

<1> OS 1:10000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48159.

<2> English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987) (OS Card Reference). SKE41622.

<3> Country Life (9 Sept 1922) 310-317 (OS Card Reference). SKE39371.

<4> Dr Nicola R. Bannister Alfa, 2013, Somerhill Park, Tonbridge, Kent, Historic Landscape, Parkland Plan, Evaluation Plan (Unpublished document). SKE30928.

<5> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1974.
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987). [Mapped feature: #2067 Park/garden, ]
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Country Life (9 Sept 1922) 310-317.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Dr Nicola R. Bannister Alfa. 2013. Somerhill Park, Tonbridge, Kent, Historic Landscape, Parkland Plan, Evaluation Plan.
  • <5> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Somerhill Park, Tonbridge, Kent, Historic Landscape, Parkland Plan, Evaluation Plan (Ref: June 2013) (EKE14324)

Record last edited

Mar 19 2024 2:50PM