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History of Scotney Castle
By Med | March 21, 2006
Scotney Castle is a country house with gardens in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust, who operate the property under the name “Scotney Castle Garden & Estate”.
The gardens, which are a celebrated example of the Picturesque style, are open to the public. The central feature are the ruins of a medieval, moated manor house, Scotney Old Castle, which is on an island on a small lake. The lake is surrounded by sloping, wooded gardens with fine collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia for spring colour, summer wisteria and roses, and spectacular autumn colour.
This view shows the moat and the bridge spanning between the Boat House island and the Castle. The moat can be visualised as a lake containing two islands.
At the top of the garden stands a house which was built to replace the Old Castle between 1835 and 1843. This is known as Scotney New Castle, or simply Scotney Castle, and was designed by Anthony Salvin. It is an early, and unusually restrained, example of the revived influence of Tudor architecture in 19th-century Britain.
A view of the circular Ashburnham Tower reflected in the castle moat. This is the only one of the four original towers left standing
The castle grounds used to play host to Shakespeare productions, notably A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the actors appearing from behind the bushes, on cue.
The gabled wooden boathouse is located in the moat opposite the Chinese Bridge which spans the neck of the moat.
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