Ightham Mote
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poliphiloIf I ever choose to build a house in the astral it will, I think, look something like this.
Ightham Mote is an early14th century manor house with Tudor additions. It sits at the bottom of a valley and has its moat filled by streams that come down from the North Downs and empty into the Medway.Time has been kind to it; no-one particularly famous has ever lived there, and the most sensational incident in its history (the discovery of a skeleton walled up beside the fireplace in the Great Hall) was almost certainly a Victorian practical joke (medical students were staying in the house at the time). The structure in the second picture that looks like a dog kennel is exactly that; it is the only Grade I listed dog kennel in the country.
PS. Mote doesn't mean moat. It means meeting place.
Ightham Mote is an early14th century manor house with Tudor additions. It sits at the bottom of a valley and has its moat filled by streams that come down from the North Downs and empty into the Medway.Time has been kind to it; no-one particularly famous has ever lived there, and the most sensational incident in its history (the discovery of a skeleton walled up beside the fireplace in the Great Hall) was almost certainly a Victorian practical joke (medical students were staying in the house at the time). The structure in the second picture that looks like a dog kennel is exactly that; it is the only Grade I listed dog kennel in the country.
PS. Mote doesn't mean moat. It means meeting place.
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Date: 2015-02-13 11:21 am (UTC)Such a lovely building.
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Date: 2015-02-13 04:27 pm (UTC)And it ages in such a picturesque way.
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Date: 2015-02-13 04:31 pm (UTC)The bridge- which I suppose to be original- tells us that the moat was never meant to be defensive. This house was built by a soldier- but not for war.