The Grange, Ingress Abbey
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The Grange, Ingress Abbey
Image: © Marathon Taken: 28 Jan 2012
Ingress Abbey took its name from a farm once owned by the nuns of Dartford Priory. In 1748, the house was conveyed to Viscount Duncannon, Earl of Bessborough, who with his architect William Chambers was almost certainly responsible for the landscaping in a former chalk quarry to the south of the house and the construction of some of the follies seen today, such as this one known as The Grange. In 1763 the new owner John Calcraft employed Lancelot "Capability" Brown to landscape the parkland around the house and more follies were built. The surviving Historic Landscape is now followed by a heritage trail. The current Ingress Abbey was constructed in 1833 by James Harmer, an Alderman of the City of London and wealthy lawyer. The house incorporated some remnants of the earlier 17th and 18th century house which was mostly demolished in 1815. It is now the centrepiece of the new riverside development of Ingress Park - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2532502
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